A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut until 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Here’s a breakdown of the weekend weather:

Check the latest severe weather alerts for your neighborhood here.

Sunday

Similar to Saturday, Sunday begins rain-free. And this will be another morning where you won’t want to spend much time outside. Humidity will be miserable and temperatures will be in the 90s by midday.

New York City issued an air quality health advisory for sensitive groups — such as older adults over 65 or children younger than 14, pregnant individuals, outdoor workers, and those with medical conditions — from 11 a.m. through 11 p.m. Sunday.

Wind damage will be the main threat with the storms on Sunday. The risk is there for tornados but conditions for twisters are more likely in northern Connecticut.

Starting in the early afternoon scattered storms will again make their way through the area.

Unlike Friday and Saturday, the placement and intensity of the storms does not favor one specific region. And as such, the chance for severe weather is area-wide.

These storms have the potential to bring along damaging winds as well as the chance for hail.

Keep in mind, these wind gusts can reach up to 60 mph and are strong enough to knock down tree limbs and impact power lines. Hail up to an inch in diameter can result in minor damage to property.

Unfortunately, this cold front does not do too much in terms of dropping our temperatures.

We’ll have to wait until the end of next week for that.

10-day NYC weather forecast

Tributes poured in over the weekend for Johnny Medina at his Washington Heights home, blocks away from the West 175th Street subway station where he was stabbed multiple times. Authorities say the 40-year-old got in an argument with his alleged attacker, 24-year-old Diego Figueroa-Hepner, before the violence began.

According to Medina’s family members and police sources, Medina had recently filed a harassment report against Figueroa-Hepner who lived right across the street from him.

“This person was drawn to Johnny…engaged with him and over months built this obsession with him and posting these conspiracies online and cyberbullying him to the point that Johnny felt like he had to make a report,” one of Medina’s cousins, Anthony Reyes, said.

Figueroa-Hepner was charged with murder-intention and criminal possession of a weapon, according to an NYPD spokesperson.

Although they are devastated, loved ones remembered Medina as a beacon of light.

“That’s what really hurts the most is that he was like a river of dreams and ideas and designs,” another cousin Eliana said. “Just that brutal reminder that life is short and you never know when you’ll never get a chance to continue pursuing your dreams.”

Davis hit .232 with four homers and five RBIs in 135 plate appearances with the A’s, who signed him to a $2.5 million contract in mid-March and designated him for assignment on Tuesday. Davis defeated San Francisco in arbitration and was awarded a $6.9 million salary as part of a nonguaranteed contract, then was released by the Giants and given $1,112,903 in termination pay.

A 31-year-old right-handed hitter, Davis has a .273 average with 119 homers and 386 RBIs in eight seasons with Houston (2017-18), the New York Mets (2019-22), Giants (2022-23) and A’s.

Rizzo broke his right forearm on June 16 and is expected to be sidelined until August. Stanton, the Yankees’ primary designated hitter, strained his left hamstring on Saturday.

New York called up Ben Rice from the minors to fill in at first in Rizzo’s absence.

Groshans, 24, hit .232 with one home run and 15 RBIs in 50 games this year with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Somerset. He was claimed by the Yankees off waivers from Miami on Feb. 13.

“I’m assuming that he’ll probably go to Double-A for us to play shortstop every day,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said before his team hosted the Twins. “I think as early as next week, Jack Wilson will be back with the Triple-A team. And obviously, Nick Allen’s there. So there’s some depth in the middle right now. It’s just nice to have another player that can play the middle.”

Stanton went on the injured list for the eighth time in six seasons on Sunday, a day after straining his left hamstring.

A 34-year-old former MVP, Stanton left Saturday night’s 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves and was scheduled to undergo imaging Sunday. Stanton doubled off the center-field wall in the fourth inning and winced when he rounded third base on Gleyber Torres’ double. Trent Grisham pinch hit for Stanton leading off the sixth.

“We know it’s at least going to be those 10 days. So we’ll see the severity of it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “I will say G was in pretty good spirits last night, so hopefully that’s a result of it hopefully not being too severe.”

Stanton missed 266 of 708 games in the past five seasons (38%). He appeared to be walking gingerly as he exited the locker room on Saturday night.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman had said on Nov. 13 at the annual GM meetings: “He’s going to wind up getting hurt again more likely than not because it seems to be part of his game.”

When a visibly slimmer Stanton reported to spring training, he said succinctly: “He knows my reaction to that.”

Boone said Aaron Judge likely will see more designated days while Stanton is sidelined and Grisham will be be the primary outfield replacement after get outfield time. Grisham was hitting .113 with four homers and 10 RBIs in 77 plate appearances, making 21 outfield starts.

“This should give him that uptick of playing time,” Boone said.

Stanton played in 69 of the Yankees’ first 79 games — none in the field — and is hitting .246 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs. The active leader in home runs with 420, he is in the midst of his healthiest season with the Yankees since he played in 158 games in 2018, his first after he was acquired from Miami.

“He’s been that force that you want in the middle. He’s been a threat every day,” Boone said.

Stanton was sidelined during the previous five seasons due to a strained right biceps and strained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee (2019), strained left hamstring (2020), strained left quadriceps (2021), right ankle inflammation and left Achilles tendinitis (2022) and a strained left hamstring (2023).

“He’s been such a force for this offense,” said Judge, who leads the major leagues with 28 homers. “Hitting the homers, coming up clutch with guys on base — that’s a big part of his game.”

Infielder Oswald Peraza was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Boone said Jasson Domínguez would have been Stanton’s roster replacement had he not strained his left oblique on June 15 with the RailRiders, an injury expected to sideline the outfielder until mid-August.

New York, which began Sunday a big league-best 52-27, had been relatively healthy early in the season. Infielder DJ LeMahieu didn’t make his season debut until May 28 after breaking his right foot on a foul ball during spring training on March 16 and AL Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole didn’t make his first start until June 19 because of right elbow nerve inflammation and edema.

Officers responded to a 911 call about a slashing at Queens Plaza subway station around 8:20 a.m., according to an NYPD spokesperson. Two people were found with a slash wound on the face by 43 Avenue and 27 Street.

A third victim with a slash wound on the side of the face was also found inside the station, police said.

All the victims are expected to recover from their injuries, according to the NYPD. The victims did not know each other, police said.

No other information was immediately available.

The boys, who police say are 16 and 17 years old, were swimming at Jacob Riis Park on Friday. Witnesses say they saw a huge wave overtake them and the two never resurfaced. Rescuers from FDNY deployed into the water after receiving an emergency call just after 6:00 p.m., but even the most experienced swimmers and divers were called back to shore.

The search continued for nearly five hours with marine units and fire boats, according to authorities.

Drones and helicopters deployed from Floyd Bennett Field circled the area Saturday morning. Officials vowed to find the boys in what is now a recovery effort.

The teens have not been identified and the NYPD said it’s unclear if they knew how to swim. NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry added that the situation is a parent’s worst nightmare.

“We think that it may be a riptide, but that’s still under investigation,” Daughtry said Friday.

An officer on patrol near Ocean Avenue and Dawson Avenue saw a vehicle parked on the beach around 2:30 a.m. When the officer approached, he reportedly heard significant screaming coming from the water.

According to police, the officer entered the water and saw a man and two small children. In the water, the man reportedly continued to drift further away with the boy and the girl and yelled at police to stay back.

Investigators said the officer determined the the 41-year-old man was attempting to deliberately drown his children, who are both under the age of 3. Additional officers entered the water and firefighters used a boat to help.

An officer was able to get to both children in the water and other officers were able to help him bring them to shore. Lifesaving measures were given to both children before they were taken to the hospital.

Police said both children are currently in the intensive care unit at a local hospital. Their conditions are said to be improving.

The father, who is from Queens, New York, has been arrested and is facing two counts of attempted homicide and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. More charges are pending.

It’s unclear why the father attempted to drown the kids. The investigation is active and ongoing.

The mayor says the officers who helped save the children will be honored at a police commission meeting in July.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said four U.S.-provided Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rockets, were intercepted over the city of Sevastopol, but fragments from the fifth rocket led to “numerous casualties among civilians” on the ground.

“All flight missions for the American ATACMS operational-tactical missiles are entered by American specialists based on U.S.’ own satellite reconnaissance data,” the ministry said in a statement. “Therefore, responsibility for the deliberate missile attack on civilians in Sevastopol lies primarily with Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, as well as the Kyiv regime, from whose territory this attack was launched.”

NBC News could not independently confirm what type of weapons were used in the attack. The U.S. has been providing Ukraine with military aid to defend against Russia’s invasion, which started in February 2022. The Biden administration recently gave Ukraine permission to use American weapons to strike inside Russia, two American officials told NBC News.

The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and considers it part of Russia, though it remains internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory.

“Such actions will not go unanswered,” the ministry added.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, the city’s Moscow-installed governor, said three children were among the dead and more than 120 were injured, Russian state news agency Tass reported.

Razvozhayev declared Monday a day of mourning in the city and said he has been visiting the injured in the hospitals. Russian President Vladimir Putin called him immediately after the attack and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, Razvozhayev added.

The governor accused Kyiv authorities of striking “on the sly” at a time when many residents were returning from church and the celebrations of the Orthodox holiday of Holy Trinity or were on the beach with their children.

His deputy Alexander Kulagin also told Tass that many among the injured were at the beach during the attack.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said doctors were being sent from the capital to provide all necessary assistance, and Moscow clinics were ready to receive victims.

There was no immediate reaction from Kyiv. The country’s ministry of defense, ministry of foreign affairs and military officials did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called the attack “an act of terrorism” carried out with U.S. weapons that should be condemned by the United Nations. Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said the incident was “a barbaric, unscrupulous terrorist attack.”

Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the attack.

Also on Sunday, Ukrainian authorities reciprocated with accusations of terrorism against civilians, reporting the latest deadly Russian strike on the border city of Kharkiv.

Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Russia continued to attack civilian infrastructure in the city with aerial bombs. The strikes on Sunday killed one person and injured 11, Syniehubov said, adding that the latest attack left part of Kharkiv without power, shutting down the metro in the country’s second largest city.

It comes just a day after three people were killed and 41 were injured in another attack on Kharkiv that damaged a five-story residential building, according to Syniehubov.

Abigail Williams contributed.

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Tensions within the Democratic Party about President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are playing out in a key New York primary race on Tuesday.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman faces Westchester County Executive George Latimer in Tuesday’s highly contentious Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District. This is a safe Democratic district, but it encapsulates the fissures that have emerged within the party.

The race headlines a ballot that includes six primaries for the U.S. House, plus races for state Senate, state Assembly and county district attorney.

The ugly primary in the 16th District has exposed the party’s deep divide over U.S. policy on Israel, with current and former members of the New York congressional delegation sniping at each other and both candidates here seeking to paint the other as out of touch with and unfit for the district.

Bowman, allied with the progressive group of representatives known as the “squad,” represents the left’s opposition to Israel’s conduct during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and to the Biden administration’s support for Israel. Latimer is running on a more centrist, establishment position: His platform affirms Israel’s “rights of existence, stability, self-defense, and peace.”

The race has already seen eyebrow-raising spending in New York City’s expensive media market. The two candidates have spent $3.2 million apiece in the race, according to campaign finance filings. Outside spending has injected an additional $14.4 million into the district, with the United Democracy Project — the super PAC associated with the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee — leading these groups with $11.5 million in support of Latimer.

Bowman has been endorsed by his fellow members of the “squad” and Democratic House leadership. Latimer has been endorsed by former Democratic presidential nominee and Westchester resident Hillary Clinton (though she lives in Chappaqua, which falls in the 17th District), local mayors and council members, and multiple Westchester County legislators.

The winner of the Democratic primary of the 16th congressional district is favored to win the seat in November.

In the 1st Congressional District, Democrats Nancy Goroff and John Avlon are competing for the nomination to face Republican Rep. Nick LaLota, who represents a district that Biden narrowly carried in 2020. Goroff previously led the chemistry department and taught at Stony Brook University. In 2020, Goroff was the Democratic nominee and lost to Republican Lee Zeldin.

Avlon is a former CNN anchor who helped create No Labels, a centrist political group. Goroff boosted her fundraising advantage with a $1.2 million personal loan to her campaign. As of their latest filings, Goroff’s campaign had spent $1.7 million on the race while Avlon’s campaign had spent $1.2 million. However, a PAC backing Avlon is spending $1.4 million on the race, according to data from AdImpact.

In the 22nd Congressional District, based in Syracuse, Democratic voters will choose between Air Force Veteran Sarah Klee Hood and former public school teacher John Mannion. Klee Hood leads in fundraising and has backing from VoteVets, a progressive group that supports veterans running for office. Mannion represents part of the district – stretching from Syracuse suburbs to Lake Ontario – in the state Senate.

Several Democratic House incumbents are facing under-funded primary challengers in races that are not expected to be competitive. Rep. Claudia Tenney is the only House Republican facing a challenge in Tuesday’s primary, though her challenger, Mike Fratto, trails in fundraising, too.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares faces a rematch of his 2012 race against attorney Lee Kindlon. Soares is running on a tough-on-crime message, while Kindlon, an attorney, accuses the incumbent of financial scandals. Kindlon is spending roughly $9,300 on advertising in the primary, according to data from AdImpact, while Soares is spending $4,000. Soares first won the Albany County District Attorney seat in 2004, and won his last primary election in 2020 with 56%, or 18,674 votes.

Here’s a look at what to expect on Tuesday:

PRIMARY DAY

The primary will be held on Tuesday. Polls close at 9 p.m. ET.

WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT

The Associated Press will provide coverage for 46 contested races, including U.S. House, state legislature, and county district attorney.

WHO GETS TO VOTE

New York has a closed primary system, which means that only voters registered with a political party may participate in that party’s primary. New York registered voters can use THIS TOOL to look up their polling place.

DECISION NOTES

The 16th District includes parts of two counties: northern reaches in Bronx County and southern Westchester County. After redistricting, around 90% of the district’s residents live in Westchester.

These district lines work in favor of Latimer, who has spent more than three decades in state and local government in Westchester. Bowman, who has represented this district since 2021, was elected from a version of this district that included a much larger piece of the Bronx.

Latimer and Bowman have tried to pitch themselves to two different pieces of the Democratic Party base. Bowman has emphasized his support among working-class people of color, who tend to live in denser parts of the district closer to New York City, such as the Bronx, Yonkers (where his campaign is headquartered), Port Chester and Mount Vernon. Latimer, who hails from Rye, has sought to forge connections among suburban voters and the district’s Jewish electorate.

One of the key factors in the primary will be turnout in the Bronx and Yonkers, where Bowman is likely to perform better than in Westchester. One area to look at is Co-Op City, which has more than 47,000 residents and is the largest housing cooperative in the United States.

Latimer’s path to victory runs along the New Haven and Harlem Metro-North train lines, which pass through wealthy suburbs like Pelham Manor, Scarsdale, Larchmont and Rye, among others.

New York is not particularly fast at counting its votes. Additionally, mail ballots can arrive up to a week after election day, provided they are postmarked by election day. Late-arriving ballots could delay a race in a close contest.

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

In New York, recounts are automatic if the margin between the winning and losing candidates is within 20 votes or not more than 0.5% of the total vote. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is eligible for a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

WHAT DO TURNOUT AND ADVANCE VOTE LOOK LIKE?

As of Feb. 27, there were 13,108,347 registered voters in New York. Of those, 49% were Democrats and 22% were Republicans.

In the 2022 race for governor, turnout was 7% of registered voters in the Democratic primary and 3% in the Republican primary. About 20% of votes in that election were cast before Election Day.

As of June 18, a total of 44,204 ballots had been cast.

HOW LONG DOES VOTE-COUNTING USUALLY TAKE?

In the 2022 Republican primary election, the AP first reported results at 9: 04 p.m. ET, or four minutes after polls closed. The election night tabulation ended at 2:51 a.m. ET with about 96% of total votes counted.

REGISTER TO VOTE

In New York you can register to vote online – CLICK HERE for the online registration portal.

The registration deadline for the primary election was June 15, but you can register now to vote in the General Election in November.

We’re talking 60-plus — women and men. And we’re talking about hitting the gym and weight training. Don’t be put off, Bamman says.

“Resistance training is in many ways the true fountain of youth,” Bamman said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I like to say the fountain of youth is the water cooler in the gym.”

Of course, there are biological limits. But Bamman says the bulk of age-related decline in strength, flexibility and endurance is behavioral — putting too few demands on the body, not too many.

“When I tell somebody that in four to six months your strength and muscle mass and overall muscle function is going to elevate to the levels of people 30 to 35 years younger, that hits home,” he said.

So you know you’re too sedentary and the birthdays keep piling up. You suspect resistance training would be beneficial. But perhaps you’re intimidated. Don’t be.

Getting started

Check with medical professionals to make sure there are no health problems that stand in your way.

Then find a gym. Larger gyms offer a social component with things to do on a day off from weight training. And Bamman suggests getting a trainer.

“It’s actually quite safe, but it does require proper progression,” Bamman said. “You have to have a good instructor who can teach the movements properly.”

Bamman, a research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, said finding a fully qualified trainer can be tricky.

“We need more rigorous certification of trainers,” he said. “The problem is that you can go online tonight and pay $50 and get some certification as a trainer.”

Done and dusted in an hour

Bamman suggests resistance training twice a week. Three times is even better, and he recommends non-weight-training days in between. For instance, work out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and let Tuesday and Thursday be days of rest.

He suggests 10 different exercise movements — eight is sufficient. Do 10 repetitions of each movement. Do this three times, described as three sets. Then move on to the next movement.

When you reach the 10th repetition, you should feel you can’t do many more. If you could have done 10 more reps, you might want to increase the resistance.

Bamman says machines are better for beginners, but free weights — barbells or dumbbells — may be more effective as you gain confidence.

Before the weights, start with a 5-10 minute warmup — on the treadmill, stationary bike or elliptical machine — to get the blood flowing. You can add a few minutes on the mat for stretching and abdominal work.

Then come the weights.

“Sometimes you see people who sit on the machine, do a set and then play with their phone for three or four minutes. We like to keep them moving.”

Women may benefit even more than men

Women may benefit from resistance training even more than men because it’s a way to fight osteoporosis, the loss of bone density.

“Women are on a disadvantaged trajectory for bone loss, particularly in susceptible areas such as the hips and lower back,” said Bamman, who completed his doctorate at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

“But the strength-training benefits for both sexes are really important. There are no sex differences in the ability to respond. In gaining muscle mass and strength in untrained people, men and women track the same.

Yasuko Kuroi is 72 and started resistance training about 20 years ago.

“I saw the men in the gym and thought I could do that, too,” she said, speaking at a municipal recreation center in Tokyo.

The body demands work

In a few words: Use it or lose it.

Bamman cautions against pampering yourself and criticized even health care professionals “who baby seniors.” Of course, common sense is required.

“Our human body is a demand-based system,” he explained. “If you chronically impart a low demand on the body, we have adaptations to low demand. That’s why we lose muscle mass, that’s why we get weaker. We’re not demanding much.”

“But if you put high demands on the system — like resistance training — now the body has to adapt to these higher demands. The body says: ‘To adapt to these new demands I’ve got to make my bones stronger. I’ve got to make my muscles bigger.”

Bamman used the example of space flight, or extended bed rest, where people rapidly lose strength.

“Bed rest or space flight is essentially expedited aging,” he said. “All of our systems as we age are capable of responding and adapting. They just need the stimulus.” He said he’s seen positive effects for people in their 70s and 80s, and even for some in their 90s.

Bamman is 57 and joked he’s getting “closer in age to the people I study.” He also emphasized there are no shortcuts.

“These programs that roll out for older adults — seated exercises and the like. This is gimmicky and they don’t impart enough demands on the body,” he said.

According to NBC News the devices, called myCharge POWER HUB All-In-One, allegedly caused at least two residential fires.

In a notice posted on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website, myCharge, also known as RFA Brands of Birmingham, Michigan, said 567,000 of the chargers are affected.

The company said it was aware of 120 reports of the chargers overheating, including two reports of residential fires resulting in approximately $165,000 in claimed property damage.

It said Costco has also received 115 returns of the portable chargers in which customers complained of melting, expanding, smoking, fire, burning, exploding or sparking. There have been no reports of injuries requiring medical attention, myCharge said.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled portable chargers and contact myCharge at 888-251-2026 or compliance@mycharge.com for a free replacement portable charger, the company said.

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The total annual cost for tuition and mandatory fees at 4-year U.S. colleges and universities has more than tripled in the last 60 years, from an average $5,369 per year in 1963 (inflation-adjusted) to $17,709 in 2023, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

And tuition isn’t the only cost. Students need books and supplies like computers, as well as food and housing.

Over four years, the total bill may be $500,000 or more, as it is estimated to be at Columbia University, according to Self Financial. 

A large portion of that total comes from the cost of attendance itself, which Columbia lists at $89,587 for tuition, housing and other fees for the 2023-24 school year.

While Columbia’s sticker price includes on-campus housing and a meal plan, students who choose to live off-campus, or simply participate in life in the notoriously expensive city, can easily rack up extra expenses.

Self Financial looked at all the colleges and universities listed in the U.S. News & World Report’s national college rankings to determine the costliest schools at which to earn your bachelor’s.

The fintech firm factored in tuition and fees for each school along with cost of living data like average food spending from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and average local rent and other self-reported living expenses data collected by Numbeo. 

These are the 10 schools with the highest total cost for four years.

1. Columbia University—New York

Total cost: $514,442

2. New York University—New York

Total cost: $497,402

3. Georgetown University—Washington, D.C.

Total cost: $472,817

4. Harvard University—Cambridge, Massachusetts

Total cost: $472,027

5. California Institute of Technology—Pasadena, California

Total cost: $458,330

6. University of Southern California—Los Angeles

Total cost: $457,650

7. University of Chicago—Chicago

Total cost: $455,257

8. George Washington University—Washington, D.C.

Total cost: $454,377

9. Yale University—New Haven, Connecticut

Total cost: $451,516

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Cambridge, Massachusetts

Total cost: $441,948

All of the 10 most expensive schools Self Financial identified are private, which makes sense, given that those institutions typically charge higher tuition than public schools. But private colleges often offer generous financial aid and scholarships packages so your cost to attend may even be lower than at a public university.

Students receiving financial aid at Harvard, for example, pay an average $19,500 per year, compared with students at the public University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who pay $21,846 a year, according to the Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

Your actual cost of attendance can vary greatly depending on the school you attend, what financial aid you may qualify for and a variety of other choices you’ll make, like living on campus, having a car, where you shop for books, and more. 

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Hadley Duvall of Owensboro, Kentucky, first told her story publicly last fall in a campaign ad for the governor’s race in her home state, discussing the consequences of abortion restrictions, particularly those without exceptions for rape or incest.

In the ad supporting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, Duvall spoke of how she was raped by her stepfather at age 12, became pregnant and miscarried. Her stepfather was convicted of rape and is in prison.

In the ad, Duvall called out the anti-abortion Republican candidate by name and said that “anyone who believes there should be no exceptions for rape and incest could never understand what it’s like to stand in my shoes.”

Beshear won reelection, and Democrats have said Duvall’s ad was a strong motivator, particularly for rural, male voters who had previously voted for Republican Donald Trump for president.

Now, Duvall is turning her attention to the White House election.

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She plans to appear with first lady Jill Biden at a Pittsburgh rally on Sunday that is part of President Joe Biden’s push to motivate voters on abortion rights, and Duvall will continue to campaign for the Democratic incumbent. Jill Biden will also hold an event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

The Supreme Court decided on June 24, 2022 to overturn abortion rights that had been in place since 1973. Since then, roughly half the states have some sort of ban in place, and 10 states have no exceptions for rape or incest. The consequences of these bans go far beyond restricting access for those who wish to end unwanted pregnancies.

“Survivors like me have our childhood taken away from us, and it’s something we are healing from every single day. At the very least, we deserve to have our own choices,” Duvall said in a statement to The Associated Press. “But, because of Donald Trump, right now there are abortion bans across the country with no exceptions for rape or incest. I feel like I owe it to myself and to a lot of little girls to speak up. They can’t speak up and I can — and our lives and futures are at stake in this election.”

Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of a federally guaranteed right to abortion. He nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. But he has publicly resisted supporting a national abortion ban.

The Pennsylvania events are part of a larger campaign push around the anniversary of the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. That effort kicked off this week with events by Vice President Kamala Harris.

The campaign is holding more than 35 events across the country, including in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. The events feature women and doctors who have been deeply impacted by the fall of Roe, including Amanda Zurawski and Kaityln Joshua, who have said abortion restrictions put them in medical peril.

The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the strictest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

In the two years since Roe’s demise, reproductive health in the U.S. has become increasingly more fraught, and Biden and Democrats are seeking to highlight the growing fallout as a reason to reelect the president.

Women who never intended to end their pregnancies have nearly died because they could not get emergency treatment. Miscarriage care has been delayed. Routine reproductive medical care is drying up in states with strict bans. Fertility treatments were temporarily paused in Alabama.

Duvall is a senior at Midway University in Midway, Kentucky. She has also spoken publicly about a state bill that would provide narrowly tailored exceptions to the state’s abortion law.

The AP does not normally identify sexual assault victims, but Duvall chose to be identified and has spoken out publicly about her experience and its connection to the debate over abortion.

The pop star took the stage at his concert in Chicago on June 21 for the first time since his arrest. He thanked his fans for “growing up” with him over the years.

“We’ve been through ups and downs and lefts and rights,” he said to the cheering crowd. “It’s been a tough week.”

“I know sometimes I’m hard to love but you keep on loving me and I’m going to love you right back,” he continued.

Timberlake didn’t specifically mention the DWI.

Timberlake, 43, was driving a gray 2025 BMW when an officer observed him run a stop sign and then fail to stay in his lane on two occasions, the Sag Harbor Police Department said in a complaint released on June 18.

Surveillance video posted on Hamptons.com appears to show a vehicle that matches the description of the one Timberlake was driving when he was pulled over and arrested by police in New York early Tuesday.

The officer initiated a traffic stop and determined Timberlake was driving in an “intoxicated condition,” police said.

In the complaint, an officer said Timberlake’s “eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests.”

The “SexyBack” singer told officers, “I had one martini and followed my friends home,” Sag Harbor police said.

He refused to take a breathalyzer test three times, police said. He was placed under arrest and held overnight.

Timberlake was arraigned on at least one DWI charge on Tuesday morning, a Sag Harbor court spokesperson and a Suffolk County District Attorney’s office spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.

Timberlake pleaded not guilty and was ordered to appear in court on July 26, officials said.

After the arraignment, Timberlake was released “on his own recognizance, according to police.

Edward Burke Jr., an attorney for Timberlake, issued a statement to NBC News on Wednesday: “I look forward to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these allegations. I will have a lot to say at the appropriate time but am currently awaiting full discovery from the District Attorney’s office.”

Timberlake ate at the American Hotel in the upscale Long Island beach town on Monday evening and then was headed to a friend’s home when he was pulled over, a source close to the star told NBC News.

Timberlake released his latest album, “Everything I Thought It Was,” in March, and began his “Forget Tomorrow World Tour” in April in Vancouver, Canada.

The pop star and father of two‘s last show was in Miami on June 15, and his next performance was set for June 21 in Chicago.

Timberlake’s tour dates were scheduled through December and featured appearances in North America and Europe.

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On June 14, TikTok user @kaitlentippett posted a video to the social media platform that quickly went viral, garnering more than 1.9 million views. In the short, 22-second clip, the social media user is at her local Target, where she’s thrilled to spot Stanley’s latest product in the big box store.

“Oh my gosh, look what I just found at Target: toddler Stanleys,” she says as a baby coos and Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita” plays over the in-store speakers.

She flips the camera to show the shelves she’s looking at, which house several Stanley cups in bold colors waiting to be purchased. But, these aren’t the usual large-and-in-charge 40-ounce cups that have historically sent the public into a tizzy, rather they’re a tinier, more precious-looking variety.

“They’re so cute,” she says before grabbing a bright pink tumbler. “You’re coming home with me.”

@Kaitlentippett isn’t the only one to notice the petite size of the Target item, either. On June 14, Madilynn Cameron (@themadivlog) also posted a video to TikTok sharing her love for what she calls “Baby Stanley’s FOR TODDLERS.”

“The literal way you’re gonna scream when I show you what I just found at Target — there’s no way,” Cameron says in her video, which has racked up more than 563,300 views. “This is the cutest thing ever.”

The small cups in the video are Stanley’s 14-ounce Stainless Steel Quencher H2.0 Flowstate Tumblers, which retail for $20 each in-store and online at Target and come in four colorways: Vivid Violet, Tropical Teal, Passion Pink and Bright Lime. 

Representatives for Stanley and for Target did not immediately respond to TODAY.com’s request for comment.

While this sale hasn’t caused quite the same brouhaha that the limited-edition Winter Pink Starbucks x Stanley Quencher did in 2023, the small cups are proving to be quite popular. Although the Target website lists the item with its “New at Target” tag, they have almost sold out — the store’s website lists most colorways as having less than five left in stock per store in the New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., areas.

Still, the tumbler isn’t exactly new; Stanley has other colorways of the item available on its website and seems to have offered it as early as 2022.

None of the colors offered at Target are available on the Stanley website as of the time of publication, so folks looking for a more passionate pink or vivid violet can find those at the nationwide retailer.

“Yeap.. my 7yrs old loves her pink Stanley cup,” one parent commented on @themadivlog’s TikTok. Another said their five-year-old is “obsessed” with it.

“I just saw these on Facebook and now on tiktok so safe to say I was influenced and bought my toddler and I matching teal Stanley’s 😍,” commented one more.

Still, some folks were less than thrilled at the item’s arrival.

“They’ve been making the 14oz Stanley’s,” someone pointed out in the same comments section. “My daughter has one and gets water all over the place when she uses it 😭.”

“I thought they all have lead?” remarked one person. The short answer is yes, they do contain lead, but the long answer is a little more complex (lead is used in the manufacturing process but the product needs to be damaged in order for any lead to be exposed, according to the company).

Several TikTok users commented on @kaitlentippett’s post saying that if the 14-ounce cups had handles like the larger tumblers do, they would be more desirable.

Luckily for them, a healthy secondary market for Stanley cup accessories exists. Retailers like Amazon and Etsy sell attachable handles for 14-ounce Stanley tumblers for around $10 each — there’s even a two-handle variety to turn your Stanley into the trendiest sippy cup on the playground.

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The incident occurred around 5:55 p.m. at the A train station at West 175th Street and Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights.

The victim, identified as a 40-year-old male, suffered multiple stab wounds to the torso, police said. Emergency medical services transported him to Harlem Hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.

Law enforcement sources told NBC New York the stabbing was the result of a dispute.

“This was a senseless attack that spilled from the street to the subway, and we are providing full cooperation in the investigation, with confidence the NYPD will rapidly identify and apprehend the perpetrator,” MTA Communications Director Tim Minton said in a statement.

On Saturday, police arrested 24-year-old Diego Figueroa-Hepner. He was charged with murder-intention and criminal possession of a weapon, according to an NYPD spokesperson.

A federal judge last month sentenced David DePape to 30 years in federal prison for the 2022 attack against Paul Pelosi.

A San Francisco jury on Friday found DePape also guilty of first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of an elder, threatening a family member of a public official, dissuading a witness to the charges and aggravated kidnapping.

DePape’s public defender Adam Lipson told the jury during closing arguments that DePape was guilty of three of the charges but that prosecutors had not presented evidence to convict him of threatening a family member of a public official and aggravated kidnapping.

Prosecutors added those two charges in late May, as DePape’s federal trial was wrapping up.

A federal jury convicted DePape of assaulting a federal official’s family member and attempting to kidnap a federal official. On May 28, he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison during an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from judicial error. DePape will likely be deported back to Canada after he completes his punishment.

Lipson earlier argued that the state trial represents double jeopardy following the federal conviction. Even though the criminal counts are not the same, the two cases stem from the same act, he told the judge.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman agreed and dismissed the state charges of attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. Another judge upheld the decision on appeal.

Lipson focused his closing arguments on explaining to the jury that prosecutors did not prove DePape kidnapped Paul Pelosi, who was 82 at the time, with the intent “to exact from another person money or something valuable,” which is integral to the charge.

Prosecutors said the valuable thing DePape wanted from the kidnapping was to create a video of Nancy Pelosi confessing to crimes he believed she had committed, prosecutors said.

Lipson argued the video didn’t exist and if it did, it wouldn’t have had any value.

“When he broke into the Pelosis’ home his intent was to confront and potentially hurt and assault Nancy Pelosi. That was his intent at that time, that has nothing to do with Mr. Pelosi,” he said.

In her rebuttal, Assistant District Attorney Phoebe Maffei pointed out DePape told a detective and testified in federal court that he planned to get a video of Nancy Pelosi confessing to what he believed to be crimes and post it on the internet.

“There is inherent value in a video of the Speaker of the House confessing to crimes in her own home,” Maffei said.

The attack on Paul Pelosi was captured on police body camera video just days before the 2022 midterm elections and shocked the political world. He suffered two head wounds including a skull fracture that was mended with plates and screws he will have for the rest of his life. His right arm and hand were also injured.

On Monday, Maffei told the jury DePape unleashed a “reign of terror” on Paul Pelosi before bludgeoning him with a hammer as part of a plan he put together over months.

“The plain facts of this case are terrifying by themselves without embellishment,” Maffei said. “David DePape broke into the home of an 82-year-old man while he slept, entered his bedroom, held him hostage with a hammer, threatened him, threatened his wife and attempted to kill him.”

DePape admitted during his federal trial testimony that he planned to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage, record his interrogation of her, and “break her kneecaps” if she did not admit to the lies he said she told about “Russiagate,” a reference to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Lipson told the jury during closing arguments that before the attack, DePape was living an isolated, lonely life and “went down the rabbit hole of propaganda and conspiracy theories.”

This week the judge expelled DePape’s former partner from the public gallery and the second floor of the San Francisco courthouse because the judge said she was trying to tamper with the jury.

On Monday and Tuesday, Gypsy Taub, a well-known activist in the Bay Area, handed out pieces of paper outside the courtroom with the address of a website she runs that promotes conspiracy theories. The cards were also found in a women’s bathroom near the courtroom where the website’s address was scrawled in marker on a wall.

“You have been trying to corruptly influence one or more jury members,” Dorfman said sternly before asking two bailiffs to escort Taub out of the courtroom.

DePape’s federal public defender said during his federal sentencing that DePape was first exposed to extreme beliefs by Taub, who has two children with DePape.

Taub met DePape in Hawaii when he was 20 years old and she was in her 30s and pregnant, DePape’s twin sister, Joanne Robinson, said in a letter to the federal judge seeking leniency.

Robinson wrote that Taub isolated DePape from his family and inflicted “extreme psychological damage” on her brother.

The wounded included two law enforcement officers who exchanged fire with the shooter, state police said. The shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a city of about 3,200 people located 65 miles (104 kilometers) south of Little Rock.

“It’s tragic, our hearts are broken,” Col. Mike Hagar, director of State Police and public safety secretary, told reporters Friday.

Police identified the suspected shooter as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey of New Edinburg. He was taken to jail and charged with three counts of capital murder, while other charges are still pending. No court date had been set, according to the inmate roster.

A state police spokesperson did not know if the shooter had an attorney, and the Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office said it had no information.

Neither the officers’ nor the shooter’s injuries were life threatening. The remaining injuries ranged from “not life-threatening to extremely critical,” Hagar said.

It’s the latest mass shooting where a grocery store is its backdrop. A white supremacist in 2022 killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. That shooting came a little more than a year after one at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket, where 10 people were killed.

Police did not immediately say whether the shooting occurred inside or outside the store. Police did not identify the suspected shooter or the victims, but said they expected to release more information Friday night.

Roderick Rogers, a member of the city council, said he called the county sheriff when employees at his restaurant nearby notified him of the shooting.

Rogers said when he got there, he saw people running for cover in every direction, even one running to the hospital nearby.

“People were just jumping into cars to get to safety,” Rogers said.

Video posted on social media showed at least one person lying in the parking lot, while another captured multiple gunshots ringing out.

Amiya Doherty said she was in her mother’s car in the grocery store’s parking lot when she heard what she was thought was fireworks. When she saw a man holding a gun and firing, she said she ducked out of view.

“I held my sister’s hand and I told her I love her,” Doherty told Little Rock television station KATV.

Images from reporters on the scene showed a slew of bullet holes in the grocery store’s window, and spent shell casings strewn throughout the parking lot. In video footage, local and state agencies could be seen responding to the scene, with at least one medical helicopter landing nearby.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she had been briefed on the shooting.

“I am thankful to law enforcement and first responders for their quick and heroic action to save lives,” Sanders posted on the social media platform X. “My prayers are with the victims and all those impacted by this.”

The White House said President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting and his team will continue to keep him updated.

David Rodriguez, 58, had stopped at his local gas station in Fordyce to fill up his car when he heard what he thought were fireworks from a nearby vendor’s stand.

“We heard a few little pops,” he said.

He then saw people running from the Mad Butcher grocery store into the parking lot, and one person lying on the ground. He began recording video with his phone before the gunfire escalated.

“The police started to show up, and then there was massive gunfire and ambulances pulling up,” he said. “The bullets were just flying.”

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Associated Press reporters Beatrice Dupuy in New York and Seung Min Kim in Washington contributed to this report

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In an 8-1 decision, the justices ruled that when an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment. The decision in favor of a 1994 law reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck it down.

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts explained: “Since the founding, our nation’s firearm laws have included provisions preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms. As applied to the facts of this case, Section 922(g)(8) fits comfortably within this tradition.”

Justice Clarence Thomas was the sole dissent.

The case involves a Texas man, Zackey Rahimi, who was accused of hitting his girlfriend during an argument in a parking lot and later threatening to shoot her if she told anyone about the assault. The girlfriend obtained a protective order against him in Tarrant County in February 2020.

Eleven months later, Rahimi was a suspect in shootings when police searched his apartment and found guns. He eventually pleaded guilty to violating federal law. The federal appeals court in New Orleans overturned that conviction when it struck down the law following the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision in June 2022. That high court ruling not only expanded Americans’ gun rights under the Constitution but also changed the way courts are supposed to evaluate restrictions on firearms.

The Biden Administration appealed.

During oral arguments earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan noted that “there seems to be a fair bit of division and a fair bit of confusion about what Bruen means and what Bruen requires in the lower courts.” That’s because Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the majority opinion, tossed out the balancing test judges had long used to decide whether gun laws were constitutional. Rather than consider whether a law enhances public safety, judges should only weigh whether it fits into the nation’s history of gun regulation, Thomas wrote for the six conservative justices on the nine-member court.

The Bruen decision has resulted in lower court rulings striking down more than a dozen laws. Those include age restrictions; bans on homemade ghost guns, which don’t have serial numbers; and prohibitions on gun ownership for people convicted of nonviolent felonies or using illegal drugs.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, defending the domestic violence law, argued that the prohibition fits within a long tradition of disarming people who are considered dangers to society and urged the justices to use this case to correct lower courts’ “profound misreading” of the decision.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh voiced concern that a ruling for Rahimi could also jeopardize the background check system that the Democratic administration said has stopped more than 75,000 gun sales in the past 25 years based on domestic violence protective orders.

Rahimi remains jailed in Tarrant County, Texas, where he faces other criminal charges. Following the Supreme Court’s decision Friday, Rahimi’s lawyer, Matthew Wright, told NBC News that his client had “no comment at this time.”

In a letter Rahimi wrote from jail last summer after the Supreme Court agreed to hear his case, Rahimi said he would “stay away from all firearms and weapons” once he’s released. The New York Times first reported the existence of the letter.

Guns were used in 57% of killings of spouses, intimate partners, children or relatives in 2020, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seventy women a month, on average, are shot and killed by intimate partners, according to the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.

According to the NYPD, the 52-year-old driver was found wounded in the driver’s seat of a black Mercedes-Benz on Lincoln Place in Prospect Heights around 10 p.m.

He was last said to be in critical condition.

Police are looking for two men that witnesses said had been in the vehicle and ran from the scene. No description was immediately available.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

NJ Transit and Amtrak riders found themselves stranded again Friday, with rail service suspended in and out of New York’s Penn Station during the morning rush — and another few hours after that.

Again, NJ Transit cited Amtrak overhead wire issues as the problem.

Amtrak attributed the mess to a disabled commuter train in Penn Station and said it didn’t anticipate service being fully restored until noon Friday.

Midtown Direct trains are still diverting to Hoboken.

NJ Transit said its tickets and passes were being cross-honored by NJ Transit, private buses, and PATH at Newark Penn, Hoboken, and 33rd Street. See more alternate routes here.

It comes less than a day after a power issue caused a lengthy disruption of both NJ Transit and Amtrak heading into the evening rush hour.

Amtrak had previously said that service suspension, which lasted hours Thursday afternoon, was caused by a “malfunctioning circuit breaker” that caused a loss of power on the tracks between Newark Penn Station and Newark Union Station. Amtrak and NJ Transit later said a brush fire in Secaucus had also caused issues for trains.

Earlier in the week, Amtrak warned the high temperatures the region is facing could require trains to operate at lower speeds and result in afternoon delays of up to 60 minutes.

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Ben Affleck is a man of many emotions.

The actor — who is the inspiration for the internet’s viral “Sad Affleck” memes — is addressing another public perception about himself: That he also seems to appear angry in paparazzi pictures.

“I’m also a little bit shy,” the Oscar winner confessed to Kevin Hart during the season four premiere of Peacock‘s “Hart to Heart.” “I also don’t like a lot of attention. That’s why people see me and they’re like, ‘Why’s this dude always mad?’ Because somebody has their camera and sticks it in my face and I’m like, ‘Okay, here we go.'”

Plus, he wants to protect his family — which includes his kids Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex Jennifer Garner and wife Jennifer Lopez‘s 16-year-old twins Max and Emme — from the invasive photographers.

“Also, because I’m with my kids and they’re taking my picture,” Affleck added during the June 20 episode. “Actually, what I’d like to do is much more definitive than just look at you like this. I don’t mind, you can take my picture at a club or a premiere, with my wife, I don’t give a f—. Knock yourself out. I don’t notice you. But with my children that’s a different thing.”

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However, the 51-year-old did admit that his family does call him out from time to time over his not-so-sunny facial expressions — even when he’s in the best of moods.

“By the way, I also might be somebody who I do find myself I’ll be sitting at home,” Affleck noted, “and they’re like, ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘Nothing. Nothing’s wrong.'”

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The anecdote prompted Hart to suggest the “Argo” star has “resting b—- face,” to which Affleck hilariously replied, “B—-?! I have resting hard face.”

In the end, Affleck declared, “People are projecting something onto me that I don’t feel about myself at all.”

The Oscar winner’s latest comments about shying away from the public eye come amid ongoing speculation that he and Lopez are headed for a breakup after two years of marriage, though neither star has publicly addressed divorce rumors.

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Of the 46 people charged with trespassing in connection with the building’s occupation, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office dismissed cases against 31 people largely due to a lack of evidence. Prosecutors told 14 others that their cases will be dropped if they avoid being arrested in the next six months. 

The remaining defendant, James Carlson, has two other open cases against him, involving separate charges, including flag burning. Carlson has no affiliation with the school.

Protesters had seized the building on the Manhattan campus of Columbia University on April 30 as demonstrations against the war in Gaza erupted on some U.S. college campuses and as tensions at Columbia intensified over mass suspensions.

Dozens were arrested the next day when police with riot helmets cleared the damaged and barricaded building. 

Those arrested included at least 14 Columbia undergraduates, nine graduate students, two employees, and six students from affiliated schools, a Columbia spokesperson previously said. At least 13 of them had no affiliation with Columbia, the school said.

The 31 people whose cases were dismissed were students or staff at Columbia, Barnard or Union Theological Seminary.

Of the defendants who will later have their cases dismissed, pending no further arrests, 12 were not staff members or students at Columbia and two were students, the district attorney’s office said.

During the court appearances Thursday afternoon, a prosecutor said the defendants do not have criminal histories and that they will face internal disciplinary proceedings at Columbia. 

A Columbia University official said the disciplinary process is ongoing but declined to comment further.

The prosecutor said it would have been “extremely difficult” to prove the dismissed cases because the district attorney’s office lacks evidence, including surveillance footage from cameras that were covered up. The fact that some of the defendants wore masks also made it difficult to identify their specific actions.

An attorney for the defendants asked the court to immediately dismiss the charges against all of the accused, saying there are no allegations that the defendants hurt people or damaged property.

In the downtown courtroom, some of the defendants wore face masks and some wore kaffiyehs, which are distinctly patterned Palestinian scarves. At least two wore sunglasses.

As the hearings began, police confiscated what appeared to be a protest sign found under one of the seats.

When a prosecutor told the court that Carlson was accused of burning an Israeli flag, some of the defendants seated in the room could be heard snickering. A police officer instructed them to be quiet.

Hamilton Hall was famously occupied by people protesting the Vietnam War in 1968. 

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All power had been restored around 5:30 p.m., according to Amtrak, with all rail service between New Haven and Philadelphia resuming — but “significant delays” could be expected due to backed up rail traffic and single-tracking, the transit agency said.

Amtrak had previously said the service suspension, which lasted hours Thursday afternoon, was caused to do a “malfunctioning circuit breaker” which caused a loss of power on the tracks between Newark Penn Station and Newark Union Station. Amtrak and NJ Transit later said a brush fire in Secaucus had also caused issues for trains.

NJ Transit said service service had resumed just before 6 p.m., with trains on the Trenton and Long Branch lines seen leaving NY-Penn Station by 5:50 p.m. There were still delays up to 60 minutes expected through the evening.

NJ Transit said its tickets and passes were being cross honored by NJ Transit, private buses, and PATH at Newark Penn, Hoboken, and 33rd Street.

NJ Transit said there are trains running from Newark to Trenton and encouraged passengers heading south to take the PATH to Newark. Dover and Montclair commuters were told to take the PATH to Hoboken to access their trains.

Some Amtrak trains were terminating at Philadelphia or Newark due to the power issues.

PATH was also reporting “network connection” issues Thursday afternoon at Newark Penn Station leading to delays on the World Trade Center – Newark line, but those were resolved before 5 p.m. and service was reported to be resuming to normal.

Earlier in the week, Amtrak warned the high temperatures the region is facing this could require trains to operate at lower speeds and results in afternoon delays of up to 60 minutes.

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It wasn’t clear what sparked the fire, which broke out between the train tracks and I-95, near the Eastern Spur that leads to the Lincoln Tunnel. Traffic appeared to be backed up all the way to Newark by 3 p.m. The fire was located in the marsh area between exits 15X and 16E on the Turnpike.

Flames could be seen coming close to the edge of the highway as traffic moved through on the far left northbound lane.

Shortly before 5 p.m., Secaucus police said the fire had been extinguished, about two hours after it started.

New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it assisted the Secaucus Fire Department on the fire.

No injuries were immediately reported. Drivers in the area were asked to be cautious of smoke and watch for firefighters and fire trucks in the area.

The Secaucus Fire Department had been overseeing the firefight. Officials said it began shortly before 3 p.m.

Amtrak later said that the fire was at least part of the reason it had to temporarily suspend service between Philadelphia and New Haven. It also pinned the blame for the halt in service on a “malfunctioning service breaker resulting in a loss of power” between Newark and New York City.

The 24-page filing said Judge Engoron should step aside in light of a state judicial conduct investigation launched last month. Sources familiar with the investigation said the probe is examining whether Engoron engaged in an improper conversation about the case with an expert real estate lawyer three weeks before issuing his $454 million penalty ruling.

That lawyer is Adam Leitman Bailey, who unexpectedly revealed his alleged interaction with the judge during two taped TV interviews with NBC New York in February.

“I wanted him to know what I think and why…I really want him to get it right,” Bailey said, repeating that it had been his intention to advise Engoron about the law in the Trump case and why harsh penalties would be bad for business in New York. Bailey later said he and the judge “never mentioned the word Donald Trump,” but when asked if it had been clear which case they had been discussing, Bailey responded “Well obviously we weren’t talking about the Mets.”

In their motion, the Trump legal team said WNBC’s reporting on Bailey’s public statements raises questions about outside influence on the judge.

“Where, as here, this Court’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned under the circumstances, it must recuse. Indeed, there is no other means of dispelling the shadow that now looms over this Court’s impartiality,” the filing states.

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When reached for comment, court spokesman Al Baker said “we have no further comment on this matter.” WNBC also reached out to Bailey for a response but has not yet heard back.

Bailey is a high-profile attorney who has coedited textbooks on New York real estate law. His law license was once suspended in part for cursing at opposing litigants. Bailey told News 4 he had a longstanding professional relationship with Engoron, so he approached him in the courthouse to explain to him that a fraud statute at issue in the case was not intended to be used to shut down a major company, especially in a case without clear victims.

“I know he respects my real estate knowledge,” Bailey said. “So I gave it to him. I gave him everything I knew. He had a lot of questions, you know about certain cases. We went over it.”

A statement from a court spokesman in February did not deny that a conversation had taken place between the judge and the lawyer, but implied the interaction was insignificant.

“No ex parte conversation concerning this matter occurred between Justice Engoron and Mr. Bailey or any other person. The decision Justice Engoron issued February 16 was his alone, was deeply considered, and was wholly uninfluenced by this individual,” said Al Baker, a spokesman for the New York State’s Office of Court Administration, in a written statement.

After Bailey’s on-camera claims to WNBC and the judge’s broad, written denial, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (NYSCJC) opened an investigation last month, according to sources familiar with the matter.

And within weeks, the commission questioned Bailey under oath about his claims. In a statement, NYSCJC Administrator Robert Tembeckjian said “The Commission on Judicial Conduct is constrained by a strict confidentiality statute and has no comment on this matter.”

The commission is collecting evidence to determine whether Engoron violated ethics rules, the sources said. These rules generally prohibit judges from discussing pending cases with outside parties, or accepting any expert advice unless it is disclosed to the parties in the case who must be given a chance to respond.

Ethics experts point out that the rules do not prohibit abstract discussions of the law, and that judges are afforded discretion in deciding which contacts must be disclosed.

In their filing, the Trump team said Engoron had “failed to notify” them of Bailey’s alleged input, accusing the judge of three months of “obfuscation.”

Trump’s motion requests a separate evidentiary hearing before a different judge to call witnesses — including Bailey — if Engoron does not agree to recuse himself. Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise said they are also issuing their own civil subpoenas seeking communications between Bailey and Engoron.

Sources familiar with the Judicial Conduct investigation say the Commission already asked Bailey to turn over any emails and texts he may have exchanged with Judge Engoron.

Bailey suggested he was texting Engoron seeking intel on his penalty ruling, hours before it was due to be released.

“What’s he thinking?” Bailey asked, as he appeared to type on his phone during his on camera interview with WNBC.
“I should text him….He’s probably getting bombarded…I’ll text him. I wanna get this decision.”

The court spokesman declined to tell NBC New York whether Engoron received texts from Bailey inquiring about his Trump ruling before it was issued that day.

Since February, the court spokesman has not responded to any of WNBC’s specific additional questions about the duration and nature of the interaction between Engoron and Bailey. For instance, did the judge engage with Bailey or did he try to shut the conversation down?

According to Trump’s motion, a judge’s responsibility to avoid any appearance of impropriety is heightened “in a case that has commanded worldwide attention.”

Several ethics experts and former judges contacted by News 4 say it will likely be the judge’s decision whether to recuse himself from the Trump civil case. But they note the existence of a Judicial Conduct investigation does not itself necessitate a recusal.

Former President Trump has repeatedly accused Engoron, a Democrat, of bias. The Trump team unsuccessfully demanded a mistrial in November and has criticized the judge’s decisions which are currently on appeal.

Under a lawyer’s rules of professional conduct, a lawyer should not “state or imply an ability” to improperly influence a judge, nor assist a judge in violating their own rules. But Bailey emailed WNBC several hours after Engoron issued his penalty ruling on February 16:

“I guess I convinced the judge to change his mind and reverse his ruling on the certificates and selling DT’s (Donald Trump’s) NY assets. Crazy,” Bailey wrote, without offering evidence.

But by the time Bailey approached the judge, there were other forces in play. An appeals court had already put Engoron’s initial ruling to revoke Trump’s business certificates on hold.

It’s not clear why Bailey would disclose in a television interview an effort to advise a judge that could land himself in trouble, according to legal ethics experts consulted for this report. When NBC New York pressed Bailey about the ethics of the conversation he had described, he said he had done nothing improper. So far it is unclear if Bailey is facing any sort of ethics probe for his alleged actions.

Bailey stopped responding to News 4 in February after learning his interaction with the judge might become the subject of our story. In his last email to WNBC in February, he wrote:

“If you do a story about my conversation about the law with the judge, you will harm my reputation with the judge and others. Why is this news?”

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Kiefer Sutherland, the actor’s son, confirmed the news of his father’s death Thursday. No further details were immediately available.

“I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film,” Kiefer Sutherland said on X. “Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that.”

The tall and gaunt Canadian actor with a grin that could be sweet or diabolical was known for offbeat characters like Hawkeye Pierce in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H.,” the hippie tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes” and the stoned professor in “Animal House.”

Before transitioning into a long career as a respected character actor, Sutherland epitomized the unpredictable, anti-establishment cinema of the 1970s.

Over the decades, Sutherland showed his range in more buttoned-down — but still eccentric — parts in Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People” and Oliver Stone’s “JFK.” More, recently, he starred in the “Hunger Games” films. He never retired, working regularly up until his death. A memoir, “Made Up, But Still True,” was due out in November.

“I love to work. I passionately love to work,” Sutherland told Charlie Rose in 1998. “I love to feel my hand fit into the glove of some other character. I feel a huge freedom — time stops for me. I’m not as crazy as I used to be, but I’m still a little crazy.”

Born in St. John, New Brunswick, Donald McNichol Sutherland was the son of a salesman and a mathematics teacher. Raised in Nova Scotia, he was a disc jockey with his own radio station at the age of 14.

“When I was 13 or 14, I really thought everything I felt was wrong and dangerous, and that God was going to kill me for it,” Sutherland told The New York Times in 1981. “My father always said, ‘Keep your mouth shut, Donnie, and maybe people will think you have character.'”

Sutherland began as an engineering student at the University of Toronto but switched to English and started acting in school theatrical productions. While studying in Toronto, he met Lois Hardwick, an aspiring actress. They married in 1959 but divorced seven years later.

After graduating in 1956, Sutherland attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts to study acting. Sutherland began appearing in West End plays and on British television. After a move to Los Angeles, he continued to bounce around until a series of war films changed his trajectory.

His first American film was “The Dirty Dozen” (1967), in which he played Vernon Pinkley, the officer-impersonating psychopath. 1970 saw the release of both the World War II yarn “Kelly’s Heroes” and “M.A.S.H.,” an acclaimed smash hit that catapulted Sutherland to stardom.

“There is more challenge in character roles,” Sutherland told The Washington Post in 1970. “There’s longevity. A good character actor can show a different face in every film and not bore the public.”

If Sutherland had had his way, Altman would have been fired from “M.A.S.H.” He and co-star Elliott Gould were unhappy with the director’s unorthodox, improvisational style and fought to have him replaced. But the film caught on beyond anyone’s expectations and Sutherland identified personally with its anti-war message.

Outspoken against the Vietnam War, Sutherland, actress Jane Fonda and others founded the Free Theater Associates in 1971. Banned by the Army because of their political views, they performed in venues near military bases in Southeast Asia in 1973.

Sutherland’s career as a leading man peaked in the 1970s when he starred in films by the era’s top directors — even if they didn’t always do their best work with him. Sutherland, who frequently said he considered himself at the service of a director’s vision, worked with Federico Fellini (1976’s “Fellini’s Casanova”), Bernardo Bertolucci (1976’s “1900”), Claude Chabrol (1978’s “Blood Relatives”) and John Schlesinger (1975’s “The Day of the Locust”).

One of his finest performances came as a detective in Alan Pakula’s “Klute” (1971). It was during filming on “Klute” that he met Fonda, with whom he had a three-year-long relationship that began at the end of his second marriage to actor Shirley Douglas. Having been married in 1966, he and Douglas divorced in 1971.

Sutherland had twins with Douglas in 1966: Rachel and Kiefer, who was named after Warren Kiefer, the writer of Sutherland’s first film, “Castle of the Living Dead.”

In 1974, the actor began living with actress Francine Racette, with whom he remained ever after. They had three children: Roeg, born in 1974 and named after the director Nicolas Roeg (“Don’t Look Now”); Rossif, born in 1978 and named after the director Frederick Rossif; and Angus Redford, born in 1979 and named after Robert Redford.

It was Redford who, to the surprise of some, cast Sutherland as the father in his directorial debut, 1980’s “Ordinary People.” Redford’s drama about a handsome suburban family destroyed by tragedy won four Oscars, including best picture.

Sutherland was overlooked by the academy throughout most of his career. He was never nominated but was presented with an honorary Oscar in 2017. He did, though, win an Emmy in 1995 for the TV film “Citizen X” and was nominated for seven Golden Globes (including for his performances in “M.A.S.H.” and “Ordinary People”), winning two — again for “Citizen X” and for the 2003 TV film “Path to War.”

“Ordinary People” also presaged a shift in Sutherland’s career toward more mature and sometimes less offbeat characters.

His New York stage debut in 1981, though, went terribly. He played Humbert Humbert in Edward Albee’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” and the reviews were merciless; it closed after a dozen performances.

A down period in the ’80s followed, thanks to failures like the 1981 satire “Gas” and the 1984 comedy “Crackers.”

But Sutherland continued to work steadily. He had a brief but memorable role in Oliver Stone’s “JFK” (1991). He again played a patriarch for Redford in his 1993 movie “Six Degrees of Separation.” He played track coach Bill Bowerman in 1998’s “Without Limits.”

In the last decade, Sutherland increasingly worked in television, most memorably in HBO’s “Path to War,” in which he played President Lyndon Johnson’s Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford. For a career launched by “M.A.S.H.,” it was a fitting, if ironic bookend.

Neighbors were told to shelter in place for much of the day.

State police were scanning the scene and looking for clues in Voluntown on Wednesday after they found two people dead in a home.

The large police presence drew the attention of nearby neighbors.

“When you hear a siren, it’s like you’re calling all your neighbors and friends because it’s very quiet and we know each other,” Shannon Ozkan, of Griswold, said.

Troopers say it started with a 911 call around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

When they arrived, they found a man dead in the driveway and then used a public address system to see if anyone else was home. 

That’s because the 911 call came from a woman inside who said “sorry” right before the call was disconnected.

Neighbors said they heard it all.

“They were just saying ‘Please come to the door. Please just answer the phone so we know that you’re OK. We just want your side of the story,’” Anne Venturini, of Voluntown, said.

State police then deployed a drone after not getting a response and that’s when they realized a woman had died in the stairwell.

Troopers have not released the name of the man and the woman or the relationship between them.

“When you hear about two people found dead, it’s very, very devastating,” Ozkan said.

State police also have not said how the two people died, but said there is no threat to the public. Neighbors were relieved at the news.

“I’m glad that the state police were able to handle everything and get somewhat of the situation sorted out and get what they needed to get done,” Ozkan said.

State police said the investigation remains active and ongoing.

East Brunswick Public Schools hired a law firm to investigate after the situation came to light earlier this month and caused an uproar. A photo of a group of Muslim students appeared in the spot reserved for the Jewish Student Union, and the names of the Jewish group’s members were omitted from the page.

It was the yearbook advisor who placed the incorrect photo on the page, the probe concluded. The advisor said she was rushing to finish production and mistakenly grabbed the wrong photo from a computer folder that stored yearbook images for the Coptic Club, the Muslim Student Association and the Jewish Student Union. The advisor also said it was “too late” to ask for a roster of Jewish Student Union members for inclusion, according to the probe’s written findings.

“I conclude that the use of the incorrect photograph was not purposeful, but rather was a highly unfortunate error,” Yaacov Brisman of Brisman Law, who conducted the probe, said in the report. “I have no basis to find that she acted out of any animus, racial, religious, or political, towards Jewish or Muslim students.”

Brisman said the educator “was at best careless, but her actions can also be considered negligent,” and that she should have “exercised greater attention to detail” and shown more sensitivity. The report suggested an overhaul of the yearbook production process but did not make a recommendation on discipline.

The district said students can have corrected pages professionally inserted into their yearbooks. Superintendent Victor Valeski told People Magazine that an initial investigation found it was a mistake, and that the yearbook staff never received a photo or roster from the club.

“It sparked a lot of outrage in the community because it’s hard for most people to fathom how this happened ‘by accident,'” said Mayor Brad Cohen, who had also demanded answers.

There are hundreds of copies of the yearbook currently in circulation. Cohen previously had questioned if the omission should be considered a hate crime, if it was indeed done maliciously.

The district said Wednesday it plans more oversight over the yearbook production and review process and that it will also launch a “tolerance training program” next school year.

“While I’m grateful that the results of this investigation show that these actions were serious mistakes without malice, we must now focus on repairing the deep hurt and division that has been created in our school and community,” said East Brunswick Schools Superintendent Victor Valeski. “We will make sure that there is accountability for the mistakes that were made.”

East Brunswick’s mayor had called the yearbook omission a “blatant Anti-Semitic act” and said the probe should consider whether it was a hate crime worthy of prosecution. The New Jersey office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations had called for a “transparent and fair investigation” and said the yearbook incident had triggered “heinous backlash” against Muslim students.

Messages were sent to East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen and CAIR seeking comment on the results of the probe.

A 6-year-old boy and his mother have died after being struck by a school bus as they walked to school in Westchester County Thursday, police said.

The boy was a kindergartener in Mamaroneck, according to the school district. The two were hit on Mamaroneck Avenue, where a yellow backpack with a ripped-apart strap lied in the middle of the road afterward.

Neither his nor his mother’s name have been released. The area was shut down as police investigated. A mini school bus was spotted stopped in the middle of the road in front of the school, with caution tape blocking off the vicinity.

“There is nothing more difficult for a community to experience than the loss of life, and we know that everyone in the Mamaroneck and Larchmont communities is heartbroken by this news,” the school district said in part. “We also know that the death of a child is particularly difficult for other children to process.  At this time, we have informed our staff of this incredible loss, and social workers and psychologists are fully deployed at MAS.” 

Village of Mamaroneck Police Department confirmed the child died on scene, while his 43-year-old mother was initially taken to an area hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

According to police, “The bus was turning, there were several parents and children crossing the street at the crosswalk with the walk sign. The driver of the school bus is cooperating with investigators, and it appears at this time that this incident was a tragic accident.”

The 68-year-old bus driver from Mount Vernon was not immediately charged; he was so shaken up afterward, he was taken to the hospital.

The bus had a green light and was making a left turn onto Mamaroneck Avenue at the time, police said. There were several students and an adult aide onboard the bus at the time, according to police.

Thursday was the last full day of classes for Mamaroneck schools, with the young boy set to graduate from kindergarten on Monday.

Doris Miranda, who lives near the scene of the fatal accident, told NBC New York that they have wanted traffic cameras in that area, but that has yet to happen.

Miranda said she was inside her residence when she heard “Stop! Stop!” followed by a woman yelling “Oh my God!”

While she has seen “many accidents” in the area over the years, “nothing like this has ever happened.”

Although she did not see the accident, Miranda said she and her children, who are 8- and 12-years-old, did see the aftermath — a sight that has left an impression on them all.

“They need to put cameras here, but they never did,” Miranda told NBC New York in Spanish, adding that she has witnessed drivers not stop when they need to. “Really, there should be someone there helping to cross children.”

“It is very sad,” she said.

When a building fire broke out on a rooftop on Broome St early Thursday morning, Chopper 4 captured video of a shirtless man with a garden hose spraying water onto the the roof from an adjoining building.

Firefighters were called to the five-story luxury building at 463 Broome Street for a rooftop fire shortly after 6:30 a.m. The fire spewed thick black smoke into the air that could be seen from miles away.

The cause is under investigation.

The fires broke out within about an hour of one another. Nearly a half-dozen firefighters were hurt in the SoHo one, officials say, but they’re all expected to be OK. Four suffered minor injuries in the Bronx.

“We are lucky this happened so early in the morning; the heat and humidity hadn’t really kicked in yet. We rotate the members out due to extreme conditions to make sure everybody’s hydrated and doing well while operating at these types of environments,” said Division Chief Mark Bonilla.

Firefighters were first called to Third Avenue near 156th Street in the Bronx around 5 a.m. for a fire in a Dunkin’ Donuts that appeared to have spread to other businesses. It’s not clear what sparked the fire, but it was out within a few hours.

The fire destroyed a row of four or five businesses in the Melrose neighborhood, including a Chinese restaurant, a smoke shop, a furniture store and an electronics store, in addition to the Dunkin’. An investigation by fire marshals was ongoing, and inspectors with the Department of Buildings were also at the scene to scout for any possible structural damage to the commercial building.

Over in SoHo, about an hour later, firefighters were called to a five-story luxury building on Broome Street for a rooftop fire. That fire spewed thick black smoke into the air that could be seen from miles away.

The cause is under investigation.

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Scott, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, was charged with trespassing on property and disorderly intoxication, Miami-Dade jail records showed. He later posted bond, which was set at $650.

According to an arrest report, officers responded to 300 Alton Road dock D for a disturbance on one of the yachts. Scott was allegedly yelling at occupants of the vessel from the dock. 

Officers said they told him to sit, but he kept standing up. Authorities told him to leave or be arrested, the report said. 

The complainant reportedly did not want to press charges, but did want the rapper off of the vessel.

“Throughout the long walk from the vessel to the boardwalk, the defendant walked backwards yelling obscenities to the occupants of the vessel,” authorities said. 

When Scott made it back to a vehicle that was waiting for him, he allegedly “told one of his security personnel to get out of the vehicle. The defendant then stated to officers, ‘If he gets in the vehicle he’s gonna catch a fade,’ which is slang for fighting,” police said.

Eventually, he did leave the marina in a vehicle, but returned five minutes later, bypassing officers in the parking lot and making his way toward the yacht, according to the arrest report. 

Police said when Scott started speaking to officers, he began yelling, “becoming erratic, disturbing the peace of the occupants of the marina and nearby residential buildings causing a public disturbance.”

Scott, 33, was arrested and later “admitted that he had been drinking alcohol and stated ‘It’s Miami,’” according to police.

At 8:45 a.m., the rapper seemed to joke about the arrest, tweeting, “Lol.” He also later shared an edited photo of his mugshot on his Instagram story, adding sunglasses and ear buds.

Scott shares two children with influencer, business woman and the youngest of the famous Kardashian-Jenner siblings Kylie Jenner.

He is eight days away from his European tour, Circus Maximus, which is set to begin at the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands on June 28.

In 2021, the native of Houston, Texas, faced serious scrutiny for the tragedy at his Astroworld Festival, which left 10 people dead. He settled the last of the wrongful death lawsuits against him in May, according to the Houston Chronicle, which cited the lawyer for the youngest victim, 9-year-old Ezra Blount.

Scott later announced the launch of Project HEAL, a “multi-tier initiative dedicated to addressing challenges facing today’s youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities.”

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Tropical Storm Alberto formed over the western Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning, and made landfall early Thursday.

The storm is large, with tropical-storm-force winds extending out 460 miles.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds strengthened to 50 mph from 40 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in a 10 p.m. local time update. Once it hits Mexico, it is expected weaken rapidly as it moves inland.

The center of Alberto was about 120 miles east-southeast of Tampico, Mexico, and around 290 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas, at 1 a.m. Central Standard Time, the hurricane center said Thursday. It was traveling west at about 9 mph.

Mexico’s civil protection coordination agency said late Wednesday on social media that rain was beginning to fall in Tampico, and warned people to stay inside, stay safe, and not drive during the storm.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the northeastern coast of Mexico, as well as the Texas coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande up to San Luis Pass, which is near Houston. High winds and as much as 10 to 15 inches of rain are expected in Corpus Christi.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 51 Texas counties “to ensure Texans and at-risk regions have the resources and personnel needed to respond to this storm,” he said in a statement.

The National Weather Service said moderate coastal flooding was observed across the Texas Gulf Coast as the storm approached Mexico.

Dustin Leeds and Kristine Martin, of Houston, were on vacation in Freeport, Texas, and woke up Wednesday to floodwaters that were thigh-high.

Martin woke up at around 5:30 a.m. after having heard heavy rain: “I opened the blinds and was like, ‘Huh, the ocean looks closer,’” she joked.

Residents seemed to be taking it in stride. Homes are raised in the area because of flood risk, and many people had moved their cars to safety in advance.

“Everybody’s still in their homes. There’s two other families in houses right around us that were just — they were hanging out, living their best life,” Leeds said.

A storm surge of 2 to 4 feet is possible from Sargent, Texas, to the Sabine Pass.

There could also be a few tornadoes in deep South Texas overnight Wednesday into Thursday, the weather service said.

On Thursday, the storm’s center is forecast to move west into Mexico then weaken, most likely dissipating by Thursday night, the National Hurricane Center said.

Some parts of Mexico, including Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, could get maximum totals of 20 inches of rain, the hurricane center said.

The Texas A&M Forest Service has mobilized four teams comprising 100 personnel and 24 vehicles, while the Texas National Guard has three platoons of more than 40 personnel in total, alongside 20 vehicles, including Chinook helicopters.

The weather service advised people in areas affected by the storm to have five to seven days’ supplies of food, water and other necessities on hand.

More than 82 million people were under some form of heat advisory Wednesday. The heat wave is set to last through at least Friday. 

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The attack happened after the conclusion of the graduation program for Academy Charter High Schools as the graduates and their families and guests were leaving the venue, according to a statement from the school.

Officials said a guest attending the graduation was slashed in the leg by the group and a student who had invited the guest tried to intervene, but was slashed in the ear. Both the student and the guest were taken to a local hospital.

“We are told that it is believed the incident was related to a domestic dispute,” the school said in a statement but did not elaborate.

Graduation attendees had to pass through magnetometers to enter the venue. Police said they were called to the campus around 4:20 p.m. for a report of an assault.

Nassau County police and Hofstra University security are also involved in the investigation.

Just after 6:20 p.m., Philadelphia police officers were called to the 2800 block of North Bambrey Street for multiple people shot, investigators said.

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When officers arrived, they found two women suffering from gunshot wounds to the leg, police said.

Around that same time three other people — a woman and two men — showed up to the hospital by private vehicles, police said.

The three women who were shot are 46, 29 and 34, police said. The two men who were shot are 23 and 19.

A sixth victim — a 16-year-old girl — at the scene approached officers and said she believed she was struck by a bullet, police said. She was transported to the hospital with a graze wound to her stomach.

A seventh victim, an 18-year-old woman, showed up to the hospital by private vehicle with a gunshot wound to the lower back.

All of the victims are in stable condition except for the 19-year-old man who was shot in the back. He is currently in critical condition, police said.

Small said all the victims were standing on the sidewalk when a dark-colored four-door sedan pulled up, going eastbound on Somerset Street, and possibly three men got out, investigators said. That was when more than 20 shots were fired into a crowd. The shooters then got back into the waiting car and drove off.

“We believe they shot into this crowd intentionally and that someone may have been the intended target,” Small said. “Very possible that several others or most of them were not the intended target, they were struck by stray gunfire.”

Most of the victims live along North Bambrey Street, Small said.

Real-time crime cameras did capture the incident as well as private cameras in the area. The video shows the gunmen walking down the street before opening fire and then running off.

The three men were last seen getting back into the vehicle and going eastbound on Somerset Street, according to police. Investigators said two of the suspects were wearing all black clothing while the third suspect was wearing all white clothing.

Police described the suspects’ vehicle as a 2004-2008 charcoal gray Acura TSX with an unknown Pennsylvania tag, missing front grille, damage to the rear trunk with a yellow tie down strap securing the trunk and numerous decals in the rear window.

On Thursday, a law enforcement source confirmed with NBC10 that police found the vehicle. Police are also currently speaking with a person associated with the vehicle though that person has not been charged, the source said.

Then, on Friday, a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Police Department announced the arrest of Tyheed Harvey, 23, as he got into his car.

“This senseless blatant disregard for life has no place in our city,” said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel. “The swift response and diligent work of our officers and Shooting Investigations Group Detectives have led to a significant arrest with more to come. I am both proud and thankful of the men and women of our department for the work they do each and every day.  We will continue to work tirelessly to ensure justice for the victims and safety for all residents of Philadelphia.”

Harvey has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and related offenses, police said.

Police told NBC10 that they are still searching for two more suspects.

Children continue to be struck by gunfire in Philadelphia. So far, minors have made up around 14% of the nearly 500 shootings in the city this year, according to data from the City Controller’s Office.

Gensel Soler Avila was indicted Tuesday on four counts each of first- and second-degree assault as well as weapon possession, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said. The charges stem from attacks on the night of Dec. 4 in Huntington Station.

Avila, 21, got into a fight with another man at a bar, and when the other man tried to run off, Avila chased him into the intersection of Pulaski Road and New York Avenue, an investigation found. After knocking the victim to the ground, Avila allegedly beat his face and body with a sharp object, stabbing him repeatedly, including in the eye.

The victim was left bleeding heavily and eventually passed out in the middle of the street. He was still unconscious when police found him later on, according to the investigation.

While Avila, a reputed member of the MS-13 gang, was walking away from the first victim, he attacked another man, the DA said. He punched the man repeatedly while holding a sharp object, and caused a stab wound from the victim’s forehead down to his eye, leading it to bleed heavily.

Both victims were taken to Huntington Hospital and later transferred to North Shore University Hospital to get specialized surgery. Each man suffered permanent loss of vision in one of their eyes in addition to other injuries, including cuts to the face and chest, Tierney said. The first victim needed a prosthetic skull to be inserted and more than 50 staples to his head.

These alleged brutal acts which resulted in the permanent loss of vision for the victims, are a stark reminder of the senseless violence that torments our communities,” said District Attorney Tierney. “The allegations against this individual, including that he is an MS-13 gang member, are deeply troubling.”

Avila was arraigned and held on $1 million bond. He is due back in court on July 24. Avila is being represented by attorney Joseph Hanshe.

A large area of high pressure has been sitting over the region, keeping the weather pattern stagnant and forming a heat dome.

Heat domes are responsible for prolonged periods of hot weather. They can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, depending on how long it takes the high pressure system to move out.

How heat domes work:

High pressure systems are characterized by sinking air. This sinking air typically means no-rain, fewer clouds, and lots of sunshine. Under these conditions it is easy for temperatures to rise, facilitating a stretch of quiet and warm weather.

But if the high pressure system does not move, it starts to act like a lid, trapping in the warm air.

That warm air then sinks, compresses, and reheats on repeat, cranking up the temperatures and humidity for those living under the influence of the heat dome.

And that is what has been happening here. We’ve got high pressure sitting just offshore, keeping us under its influence.

A few storm systems get near our area, but high pressure keeps them mainly north.

It is not until a cold front comes through late on Monday that we see any kind of relief from the heat and humidity.

But even that relief will be short lived. We are likely to experience above average temperatures through the end of June right into the start of July.

The victim, a 77-year-old woman, got a phone call around 3 p.m. on May 20 from someone who claimed to be working for the New York City-based bank, police said. The person on the phone told her she had been hacked and the bank needed money from her in order fix the account.

The individual then took a cab to the woman’s home in Great Kills and collected about $15,500 from her before getting back in the taxi and taking off on Lindenwood Road, according to police.

The suspect, a woman, was seen on a doorbell camera and was described as having a heavy build with glasses, hair in a ponytail and wearing a surgical facemask. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt with gold letters and black jeans.

The victim was not injured.

An attorney for Justin Timberlake has issued a statement regarding the pop star’s arrest on Long Island for alleged drunken driving after he repeatedly refused to take a chemical test during a police traffic stop.

“I look forward to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these allegations,” said attorney Edward Burke Jr.

An officer observed the grey BMW with Florida license plates that Timberlake had been driving as it twice failed to stay on the right side of the road shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday in Sag Harbor, according to the criminal complaint. He also allegedly failed to stop at the stop sign on Madison Street at Jermain Avenue, before having trouble staying on his side of the road.

After seeing him swerve twice, police pulled the vehicle over.

The cop who stopped him said the so-dubbed “Prince of Pop” appeared to be drunk, with bloodshot, glassy eyes and a strong smell of alcohol on his breath. The complaint says Timberlake was unsteady and had slowed speech; he also allegedly performed poorly on field sobriety tests. They said he couldn’t focus on speaking to police while he was looking for his registration, either.

“I had one martini and I followed my friends home,” Timberlake allegedly told officers.

Officers took him to the Sag Village Police Department for processing, where the complaint says he refused three times over the course of about 40 minutes to take a chemical test of his blood alcohol content.

“No, I’m not doing a chemical test,” Timberlake said according to the complaint. The singer reiterated twice, “I refuse.”

He was then taken to East Hampton Town police headquarters and held overnight ahead of his Tuesday morning arraignment. Timberlake was released on his own recognizance after that hearing. Timberlake pleaded not guilty in court and was ordered back on July 26, officials said.

On Wednesday, Timberlake’s attorney released a statement regarding the arrest.

“I will have a lot to say at the appropriate time but am currently awaiting full discovery from the District Attorney’s office,” said Burke Jr.

The singer has not released any comment on the incident himself. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office had no further comment.

Timberlake’s wife, Jessica Biel, was spotted back on set filming “The Better Sister” in Manhattan hours after his arrest, according to E!.

Police also have the encounter on body and dash cameras, but the footage has not been released.

Before his arrest, Timberlake had been leaving The American Hotel on Main Street, a popular spot in Sag Harbor. Famed singer Billy Joel lives in the town and was spotted at the hotel and restaurant Tuesday by an NBC News crew.

“I don’t really know him that much, so I have no comment,” Joel said when asked about Timberlake’s encounter with police.

“Judge not, lest ye be judged,” Joel added.

The arrest comes amid Timberlake’s first world tour in nearly six years. The pop icon is scheduled to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City next week on June 25 and 26.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment representatives deferred questions to Timberlake’s representatives.

Sag Harbor is a coastal village in the Hamptons, around 100 miles from New York City. In the summer, it is a hot spot for wealthy visitors.

The show must go on for Jessica Biel following Justin Timberlake‘s DWI arrest.

The actress was back on the Manhattan set of “The Better Sister” on June 18, hours after her husband was charged with driving while intoxicated and released from police custody in Long Island, N.Y.

With her hair in a sleek bob, Biel — who shares sons Silas, 9, and Phineas, 3, with the *NSYNC alum — wore a striped black-and-tan dress as she filmed scenes for the new series based on the Alafair Burke novel of the same name. The day before, she was spotted shooting the Amazon Prime Video project with costar Elizabeth Banks and Corey Stoll in Central Park.

This was the first time the 42-year-old was seen out since Timberlake’s arrest, which occurred shortly after midnight when Sag Harbor police pulled him over for driving through a stop sign and failing to stay in his lane of traffic, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC News.

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Upon investigation, officers noticed that Timberlake’s eyes were “bloodshot and glassy,” with a “strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath,” the filing read. Police at the scene also noted that the 43-year-old had “slowed speech” and was “unable to divide attention” throughout the encounter.

Authorities said Timberlake “performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests” and refused to be tested for impairment multiple times, allegedly telling officers, “‘No, I’m not doing a chemical test.'”

“This determination was based in part from undersigned’s training and experience in detecting intoxication and in administering field sobriety tests and having been involved in numerous DWI cases,” the responding officer wrote in the complaint, adding that Timberlake also allegedly told him during the traffic stop, “‘I had one martini and I followed my friends home.'”

Timberlake was held in police custody until his morning arraignment, after which he was released without bail, per authorities.

Neither Timberlake or Biel have publicly spoken out about the arrest. An attorney for Timberlake said in a statement to NBC News that he looks forward to “vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these allegations.”

“I will have a lot to say at the appropriate time but am currently awaiting full discovery from the District Attorney’s office,” his lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., added.

A source with knowledge of the situation previously told E! News that the “SexyBack” singer was a dinner with friends prior to his run-in with the cops.

“As he left the restaurant, there was a patrol car seemingly stationed near the restaurant,” the insider shared. “He was stopped and, was arrested. Nobody was hurt.”

E! News has reached out to Timberlake’s rep for comment.

(E! and NBC News are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)

On Friday, the first full moon of the summer rises. It’s known as the strawberry moon because its timing aligns with the strawberry harvest. 

Many cultures, both ancient and modern, celebrate the sunlight with rituals and holidays.

What is the summer solstice?

The term solstice comes from the Latin words “sol” (sun) and “stitium” (still or stopped). It is used to describe the exact moment when the poles are tilted at their maximum toward or away from the sun.

The summer solstice occurs when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer, which is the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees north, and which runs through Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India and southern China, according to the National Weather Service. For those living above the Tropic of Cancer, it is the longest day of the year.

For those who live in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the shortest day of the year and marks the arrival of winter. The longest day of the year for those south of the equator occurs between Dec. 20 and 22, when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. In contrast, the Northern Hemisphere will mark the winter solstice as it experiences the shortest day of the year.

When is the summer solstice 2024?

The summer solstice usually falls between June 20 and 22 each year. This year, the solstice will occur on June 20 at 4:51 p.m. ET.

What is the strawberry moon?

This year’s summer solstice comes with a treat: the first full moon of the summer, coined the strawberry moon. The moon won’t be pink or red in color: Its name comes from several Indigenous tribes who noticed that its timing coincided with the strawberry harvest.

On Friday evening, cast your eyes to the southeast to glimpse the full moon peeking above the horizon.

What are summer solstice traditions and rituals?

The summer solstice has been observed by humans since as early as the Stone Age and was a significant holiday for many ancient cultures.

In the past, summer solstice traditions included spreading ashes from bonfires across one’s garden to bring a bountiful harvest, to wearing protective garlands of herbs and flowers to ward off evil spirits, according to History.com.

“The significance of the summer solstice to ancient cultures had many aspects, including calendaring, crop planting and agriculture, moving their camp or housing location for nomadic peoples, and annual cultural ceremonies,” said Aparna Venkatesan, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of San Francisco.

Ancient Romans celebrated the arrival of the summer with a religious festival in honor of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, according to History.com. Women would enter temples named for the goddess to leave offerings with the hopes of receiving good blessings for their families.

In Ancient Greece, the summer solstice sometimes marked the new year and became a time to hold a festival for Cronus, the god of agriculture. Even slaves were allowed to break social codes and participate in the festivities.

The alignment of Ancient archaeological structures such as the Great Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre on Egypt’s Giza plateau suggests Ancient Egypt observed the summer solstice as well. That’s because if you’re standing directly in front of the Sphinx, the sun sets precisely between the two pyramids on the summer solstice.

Many Native American tribes performed solstice rituals. According to History.com, the Sioux took part in a “ceremonial sun dance around a tree while wearing symbolic colors.” Researchers believe that Wyoming’s Bighorn Medicine Wheel, an arrangement of stones that has been found to align with the rising sun at the summer solstice, was the site of the tribe’s annual dance. The remaining tribes still take part in solstice rituals, according to History.com.

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What does Stonehenge have to do with the summer solstice?

Stonehenge, the 5,000-year-old ring of standing stones in southwest England, aligns with the direction of the sunrise on the summer solstice. And while History.com notes that there is little archeological evidence to suggest the location was used for prehistoric rituals, thousands of visitors, many in colorful costumes, gather around the monument annually to watch the sunrise.

How you can celebrate the summer solstice

People around the world celebrate the summer solstice with feasts, bonfires, picnics, and traditional songs and dances.

In Sweden, the summer solstice is marked with Midsummer celebrations, as citizens enjoy the end of a long winter with assorted pagan traditions, according to the Swedish Institute. People start the day by picking flowers and making wreaths to hang on maypoles, which are then used for traditional ring dances. Unmarried girls who place flowers under their pillows before going to bed will dream of their future husbands, according to local superstition. Modern Swedes believe it is a magical time for love; many weddings and christenings are held around the solstice. 

Followers of modern-day Wicca, a nature-based pagan religion based on pre-Christian traditions, celebrate the Sun God on the longest day of the year with fruitful picnics on floral-adorned altars. According to Liza Chamberlain, author of “Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft,” the Wiccan Sabbat celebration of midsummer, or “Litha,” marks the “pinnacle of the Sun’s power to fuel the growing season.”

Each year, thousands of yogis from around the world flock to Times Square in New York City to celebrate the summer solstice with free yoga classes. The annual yoga fest, “Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga,” was launched in 2003 and designed to keep urban dwellers centered, focused and present, according to the event’s organizers.

And in England, modern day druids are among the thousands who visit Stonehenge in Wiltshire to see the sunrise. The tradition at the prehistoric monument is said to date back thousands of years.  

That air quality alert was issued until 11 p.m. Wednesday for NYC, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam counties in New York; Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union counties in New Jersey; and Fairfield, New Haven, and Northern Middlesex in Connecticut. The alert is a warning that the air quality may approach a level that is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Another air quality alert will be in place again Thursday for NYC and the surrounding area, with the AQI forecast to reach levels deemed “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.”

Heat advisories went into effect for most of the region Tuesday, except for New York City, Long Island and the shoreline of New Jersey and Connecticut (but don’t worry, it’ll still be plenty hot in those areas too). While it might not quite reach a heat wave for the city, Wednesday did mark the third straight day of at least 90-degree heat for Newark, making it an official heat wave in parts of the tri-state.

Central Park fell just short of 90 degrees (reaching 89), but had a heat index that peaked at 95. Thursday looks more likely for NYC’s first 90-degree day of the water. Poughkeepsie hit a record high of 94.

Heat indices are expected over 95 degrees in inland areas for the rest of the week. Temperatures are expected to climb higher along with higher overnight lows, meaning minimal overnight relief is in sight.

The heat will continue to build, with the hottest days expected to be Thursday and Friday, as highs reach the mid-90s. Temperatures will go back down a bit over the weekend, but there is no real break expected in the near future.

The warm, humid weather will be downright dangerous — and not just because of the higher temperatures and humidity, but because of the cumulative effect and the lack of relief overnight. There is a chance some areas in the tri-state could set some record high overnight temperatures.

Parts of New Jersey will face an excessive heat watch on Thursday and Friday when the heat index will climb up to 105. Some school districts in the state let students out early on Wednesday as temperatures began to soar.

Afternoon and evening storm chances pick up Friday and last through early next week.

Storm chances possible this week

Storm chances pick up Thursday with a possible spotty shower well north of NYC in Sullivan, Ulster, and Dutchess counties.

Friday’s forecast high of 94 degrees would approach the record for the day for Central Park, but likely will fall a few degrees short. The all-time record for the month of June (at Central Park) is 101.

The chance for showers on Friday increases as a cold front moves closer, and the threat will linger Saturday evening through Monday. Rather than helping bring relief for the heat, any storms could actually make it feel more humid outside.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is activating the National Guard to help people in the heat. The MTA said heat patrols will be deployed to inspect train tracks to keep service running. In New Jersey, some schools have early dismissal for the rest of the week due to the scorching temperatures.

A tiny bit of the edge from the heat will go away over the weekend, at least on Saturday, though it will remain very warm and muggy across the region. In fact, Sunday may be as rough as Friday in terms of dangerous heat and humidity combination. We see a brief break with temperatures and humidity by Tuesday.

Any sort of relief from the heat will be brief. After the weekend, temperatures will linger in the upper 80s and will once again near 90s by mid-week, so make sure that A/C is running well. Sadly, no long-term relief is in the forecast for June.

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It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. Many people get the day off work or school, and there are a plethora of street festivals, fairs, concerts and other events.

People who never gave the June 19 holiday more than a passing thought may be asking themselves, is there a “right” way to celebrate Juneteenth?

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers:

Is Juneteenth a solemn day of remembrance or more of a party?

It just depends on what you want. Juneteenth festivities are rooted in cookouts and barbecues. In the beginnings of the holiday celebrated as Black Americans’ true Independence Day, the outdoors allowed for large, raucous reunions among formerly enslaved family, many of whom had been separated. The gatherings were especially revolutionary because they were free of restrictive measures, known as “Black Codes,” enforced in Confederate states, controlling whether liberated slaves could vote, buy property, gather for worship and other aspects of daily life.

Last week, the White House kicked things off early with a concert on the South Lawn for Juneteenth and Black Music Month. Singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle were among the the lineup of well-known artists from gospel, rap, jazz and other genres. The atmosphere was primarily festive with Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black vice president, dancing on stage with gospel singer Kirk Franklin.

“Today as we celebrate Juneteenth, together we are reminded of the promise of America,” Harris said in opening remarks. “A promise of freedom, liberty and opportunity, not for some but for all. In many ways the story of Juneteenth and of our nation is a story of our ongoing fight to realize that promise.”

Others may choose to treat Juneteenth as a day of rest and remembrance. That can mean doing community service, attending an education panel or taking time off.

The important thing is to make people feel they have options on how to observe the occasion, said Dr. David Anderson, a Black pastor and CEO of Gracism Global, a consulting firm helping leaders navigate conversations bridging divides across race and culture.

“Just like the Martin Luther King holiday, we say it’s a day of service and a lot of people will do things. There are a lot of other people who are just ‘I appreciate Dr. King, I’ll watch what’s on the television, and I’m gonna rest,’” Anderson said. “I don’t want to make people feel guilty about that. What I want to do is give everyday people a choice.”

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Anderson never did anything on Juneteenth in his youth. He didn’t learn about it until his 30s.

“I think many folks haven’t known about it — who are even my color as an African American male. Even if you heard about it and knew about it, you didn’t celebrate it,” Anderson said. “It was like just a part of history. It wasn’t a celebration of history.”

For many African Americans, the farther away from Texas that they grew up increased the likelihood they didn’t have big Juneteenth celebrations regularly. In the South, the day can vary based on when word of Emancipation reached each state.

What kind of public Juneteenth events are going on around the country?

Search online and you will find a smorgasbord of gatherings in major cities and suburbs all varying in scope and tone. Some are more carnival-esque festivals with food trucks, arts and crafts and parades. Within those festivals, you’ll likely find access to professionals in health care, finance and community resources. There also are concerts and fashion shows to highlight Black excellence and creativity. For those who want to look back, plenty of organizations and universities host panels to remind people of Juneteenth’s history.

For the first time since Juneteenth was federally recognized, the National Park Service is making entry into all sites free on the holiday. Several parks will be hosting Juneteenth commemorations this week.

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Are there special foods served on Juneteenth?

Aside from barbecue, the color red has been a through line for Juneteenth food for generations. Red symbolizes the bloodshed and sacrifice of enslaved ancestors. A Juneteenth menu might incorporate items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, watermelon and red velvet cake. Drinks like fruit punch and red Kool-Aid may make an appearance at the table.

Does how you celebrate Juneteenth matter if you aren’t Black?

Dr. Karida Brown, a sociology professor at Emory University whose research focuses on race, said there’s no reason to feel awkward about wanting to recognize Juneteenth just because you have no personal ties or you’re not Black. In fact, embrace it.

“I would reframe that and challenge my non-Black folks who want to lean into Juneteenth and celebrate,” Brown said. “It absolutely is your history. It absolutely is a part of your experience. … Isn’t this all of our history? The good, the bad, the ugly, the story of emancipation and freedom for your Black brothers and sisters under the Constitution of the law.”

If you want to bring some authenticity to your recognition of Juneteenth, educate yourself. Attending a street festival or patronizing a Black-owned business is a good start but it also would be good to “make your mind better,” Anderson said.

“That goes longer than a celebration,” Anderson said. “I think Black people need to do it too because it’s new for us as well, in America. But for non-Black people, if they could read on this topic and read on Black history beyond Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, that would show me that you’re really serious about growing in this area.”

If you’re struggling with how to “ethically” mark the day, Brown also suggested expanding your knowledge of why the holiday matters so much. That can be through reading, attending an event or going to an African American history museum if there’s one nearby.

“Have that full human experience of seeing yourself in and through the eyes of others, even if that’s not your own lived experience,” she said. “That is a radical human act that is awesome and should be encouraged and celebrated.”

What are other names used to refer to Juneteenth?

Over the decades, Juneteenth has also been called Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Black Fourth of July and second Independence Day among others.

“Because 1776, Fourth of July, where we’re celebrating freedom and liberty and all of that, that did not include my descendants,” Brown said. “Black people in America were still enslaved. So that that holiday always comes with a bittersweet tinge to it.”

Is there a proper Juneteenth greeting?

It’s typical to wish people a “Happy Juneteenth” or “Happy Teenth,” according to Alan Freeman, a comedian organizing a Juneteenth comedy festival in Galveston, Texas for the second straight year.

“You know how at Christmas people will say ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other and not even know each other?” Freeman said. “You can get a ‘Merry Christmas’ from everybody. This is the same way.”

The two-time Major League Baseball most valuable player and 24-time All-Star is regarded by many as one of the best baseball players ever.

“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” son Michael Mays said in a statement. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”

The late Willie McCovey, a former Giant, once said “Mays was just the greatest. Just God-gifted I guess. I’ve never seen anybody better.”

Mays became a star for the New York Giants, leading the team to the 1954 World Series title. When the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, the city immediately fell in love with the “Say Hey Kid.”

“It’s been a really, I guess, good run for me, because when you can come into a town and people love you the same way where you came from, to me, that’s wonderful,” Mays once said. “I think it’s just a magnificent type of way of getting along with people.”

Mays tried bringing the Bay Area its first World Series title in 1962, only to fall short in Game 7 against the New York Yankees.

“It’s a shame we just never had a chance to win something more for you since I was playing,” Mays once said. “1962 was a good year for us here. We won the pennant and everything, but we didn’t win the whole thing, and that’s one of the things I regret.”

Though he never won another World Series, Mays racked up a number of awards. Among his many accomplishments, he was named Rookie of the Year and was a 12-time Gold Glove winner.

“He could take up the whole field and play the whole field,” Mays’ godson and former Giant Barry Bonds once said. “And you’re like, ‘Really, Willie?’ And Willie would do it. So, that was a gift that I didn’t have.”

Mays retired in 1973 with the Mets and later returned to the Bay Area. In 1993, when Bonds signed with the Giants, Mays was once again a fixture at the ballpark.

“My dad was my teacher. Willie was my godfather. Willie was my idol,” Bonds said. “There’s two comparisons here: to be a young kid and have a dream to be a baseball player and then the person you idolize is your godfather. What other gift do you want from that? All I cared was love, that he cared about me as my godfather and that I was good enough for him.”

Mays loved to smile and never lost his desire for a good card game in the clubhouse. Even legends from other sports, like Muhammad Ali, would come to visit.

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama awarded Mays with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

“All I can say is, ‘Thank you,'” Mays once said. “Thank the guys that I played with and hope they had a good time playing with me. Thank you very much.”

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Assamad Nash, 27, also pleaded guilty to burglary as a sexually motivated felony in the Feb. 13, 2022, attack on 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee, in which police said Nash stabbed the victim more than 40 times in the neck and torso.

“Today Assamad Nash was held accountable for senselessly taking Christina Yuna Lee’s life after he followed her into her own home,” District Attorney Bragg said in a statement. Bragg said his thoughts “are with her family and our community as they continue healing from this tragedy.”

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Prosecutors said Lee was returning home from a Saturday night out when Nash followed her into her Chrystie Street building in Chinatown and up six flights of stairs to her apartment. The building’s landlord said that Nash “mercilessly stalked” his victim, and images obtained by NBC New York showed him following her up the stairs.

As Lee entered the apartment, Nash pushed his way inside and attempted to sexually assault her, prosecutors said.

“She opened the door and he just slipped in right behind her. She never even knew he was there,” Lee’s landlord, Brian Chin, previously told NBC New York.

Lee’s screams pierced through the building just after 4 a.m., which led two young women who live across the hall to call 911. Officers got to the building in three minutes.

Prosecutors said Lee was still alive when officers arrived in the building, as they could hear her cries and screams for help, but the door was barricaded. Police had to break the apartment’s steel door down to get inside, and got inside as Lee went silent. They found Nash hiding under a mattress and Lee dead in the bathroom with at least 40 stab wounds; the alleged murder weapon was under a dresser.

Officials familiar with the case said Nash had five prior felonies and three pending court cases on various matters.

Leaders of New York’s Asian American community feared that the murder of Lee, who was Korean American, was part of a wave of anti-Asian violence during the coronavirus pandemic, but Nash was not ultimately charged with a hate crime.

Just five weeks before the alleged killing, Nash had been caught jamming dozens of MetroCard machines in early January. He was released without bail and granted supervised release, but was not ordered to undergo psychological examination by mental health professionals, which could have led to him being recommended for professional treatment.

Nash, who had previously been found unfit to stand trial following a psychiatric examination, is expected to be sentenced to 30 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on July 30. Attorney information for Nash was not immediately available.

Tribeca Festival is one of the largest spring film festivals hosting hundreds of screenings within 12 days, as well as discussion panels, speaker series and immersive experiences.

OpenAI granted five directors early access to Sora, a program that uses textual descriptions or prompts to generate short videos to match the characterization.

Michaela Ternasky-Holland is an award-winning virtual reality filmmaker and one of the chosen directors to create an AI-based short for this year’s festival, called “Thank You, Mom.”

This “SORA Short” is an autobiographical account of Ternasky-Holland’s experience growing up as the daughter of a widow navigating her grief journey. At least eight people, including animators, voiceover talent and a composer, were behind the three-minute production.

“I come from an emerging technology background, and putting a virtual reality head on somebody does not feel very human, but my goal as a creator is to make the content and the story feel very human and connected,” Ternasky-Holland told NBC New York during an interview at Onassis ONX Studio.

Ternasky-Holland notes that while Sora was the backbone of the production, other editing programs, like Adobe Premiere, were used to fine-tune the exact image.

She likens the use of AI technology to be similar to when traditional film transformed into digital productions or when analog editing switched to computers. The use of OpenAI could be a natural progression of where the film industry is heading.

“This is a continuation of what’s happening in the world. You can educate yourself and create your stance on it and also know that it’s not perfect. ‘Big Tech’ makes real humans think about where they stand and ethically with their data,” Ternasky-Holland said.

The theme of AI continued at the festival with a separate premiere of the documentary “How I Faked My Life with AI” directed by Kyle Vorbach, who used the latest tech tools to fabricate his own life online.

Vorbach poses the question of what defines a human connection if technology plays an active role in linking people together.

“If you have a computer that can generate art, and we’ve been generating art and telling stories for so long, we have to go, ‘What is the thing that is human? What is the thing that we’re making human?'” asked Vorbach during an interview.

Vorbach did not have a direct answer but an open-ended thought of if art is generated by AI, yet still elicits human emotion, would it make it any lesser? He says the next step using AI would be to create a narrative film and see what reaction people would have to the story.

After the controversial Hollywood stikes seen last year against the use of generative AI, NBC New York reached out to the Writers Guild of America East and the Directors Guild of America for comment on AI-created films at the Tribeca Festival. Neither of the unions responded.

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BILLY JOEL

Singer Billy Joel and Long Island commercial fishermen from the East Hampton Baymen’s Association were charged with catching striped bass illegally during a July 1992 protest against fishing regulations. The charges were later dismissed. The plight of fishermen whose livelihood is threatened by regulations inspired Joel’s song “The Downeaster ‘Alexa.’”

Then in Jan. 2003 Joel swerved off the road and crashed his Mercedes into a tree in Sag Harbor. Joel was hospitalized; he was not arrested.

MARTHA STEWART

A landscaper working for real estate mogul Harry Macklowe accused TV personality and homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart of intentionally backing her car into him in May 1997 amid a feud between Macklowe and Stewart, East Hampton neighbors. The Suffolk Count district attorney’s office investigated but decided not to bring charges against Stewart.

“Not every event which adversely affects a person’s life deserves to be litigated in criminal court,” then-District Attorney James Catterson said.

“P.R. PRINCESS” LIZZIE GRUBMAN

Lizzie Grubman, a so-called publicist to the stars whose clients included Britney Spears and Jay-Z, was asked by a security guard in Southampton to move her Mercedes out of a fire lane on July 7, 2001. Grubman responded by backing the vehicle into a crowd, injuring 16 people. Grubman was charged with crimes including second-degree assault, driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment. She faced a prison sentence of up to eight years but served only thirty-eight days in jail and five years probation after reaching a plea deal.

JASON KIDD

Jason Kidd, the basketball Hall of Famer and coach whose Dallas Mavericks lost the NBA finals to the Boston Celtics on Monday, slammed his Cadillac Escalade into a light pole in Southampton in July 2012. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge and was placed on probation. In exchange for the guilty plea, Kidd agreed to speak to Long Island high school students about the dangers of drunken driving.

BRIAN FRANCE

Former NASCAR CEO Brian France was arrested in Sag Harbor for driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of oxycodone in August 2018 after police said he was seen driving his Lexus through a stop sign. France pleaded guilty to DWI and was required to perform 100 hours of community service and undergo alcohol counseling.

Essex County officials have announced an increase in the reward they are offering for information that would lead to the identification of those responsible for the shooting death of a beloved Muslim leader who was gunned down outside of his Newark mosque before morning prayers in January.

The killing of Imam Hassan Sharif as he prepared to open the Masjid Muhammad-Newark mosque on Jan. 3 has generated an intense law enforcement dragnet.

The state’s attorney general pledged to assist county and local officials, with the Essex County sheriff initially announcing a $25,000 reward. In a joint press release on Tuesday, Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced that the Essex County Crime Stoppers reward was increased to $35,000.

Sharif’s shooting comes amid intensifying bias incidents against Muslims and Jews since Hamas committed terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, provoking a punishing war in the Gaza Strip.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, recorded more than 2,000 bias incidents against U.S. Muslims in the first two months since the Mideast attacks began, up from nearly 800 in the same period last year.

The council previously announced it was offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the imam’s death.

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“Due to the unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim bigotry and violence we have witnessed in recent weeks, local, state and national law enforcement authorities must thoroughly investigate the shooting of Imam Hassan Sharif and keep the Muslim community safe,” CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad said at the time.

Following the shocking murder, Attorney General Matt Platkin said there’s no evidence that Sharif’s killing was a hate crime, but he and other officials didn’t detail how they determined that, or offer more details beyond saying Sharif was shot more than once in his car at about 6 a.m., and was quickly taken to the adjacent University Hospital, where he died in the afternoon.

Even without evidence of a connection to anti-Muslim bias, authorities explicitly acknowledged the broader global context.

“I want every resident of our state to know that we are bringing all of our resources to bear to keep our Muslim friends and neighbors safe as well as all New Jerseyans safe,” Platkin said.

Sharif had been the resident imam at his mosque for five years and was active in the interfaith community, city officials said. Among other things, he helped oversee the mosque’s involvement as a safe house where people could go to avoid violent interactions with police, which “greatly assisted” the apprehension of felons and serving of warrants, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé previously said.

For nearly two decades Sharif also worked as a transportation security officer for the Transportation Security Administration at Newark Liberty International Airport, said TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of his passing and send our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues,” she said in an emailed statement.

In a video statement posted on its website in the aftermath of the fatal shooting, the mosque offered prayers and said the community would focus on delivering Sharif his last rights and burial. The statement described Sharif as a brother, friend, father and husband and called on the community to be mindful of the family’s grief.

The investigation is active and ongoing.

Authorities continue to urge anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.

Officers responded to a call about a grand larceny auto in progress on West 134th Street shortly before 9 a.m., just outside of the Chloe Day School.

A father had double parked outside the school to bring his 4-year-old daughter in, leaving his younger daughter in the SUV. The school’s director said the father was inside for maybe a minute.

“He ran back out to the car then ran back in and said the car was stolen,” said Dr. Sanayi Beckles-Canton. “He was very upset. We were all screaming, crying. Other parents helped, ran outside, looked around.”

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said that video showed a man “lurking across the street” jump in the car and take off.

“We were able to track that phone. We called it, presumably suspect picks up, tells us where he was and says sorry,” Chell said.

Police described the vehicle as a red/burgundy Honda Pilot with New York state plates. About 40 minutes later, officers caught up with the car on the Upper East Side. Chopper 4 captured a swarm of NYPD vehicles around the vehicle.

A man was taken into custody at East 72nd Street near First Avenue. The child was found unharmed and safe.

Police vehicles were seen blocking off bridges and tunnels as authorities searched.

Tuesday’s incident was the second time in just a matter of days that a car was stolen in the city with a child inside. On Saturday, a 6-month-old was found safe after a car was taken in the Bronx. Police tracked down that car and made an arrest.

Justin Timberlake was arrested on Long Island’s Sag Harbor on a driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge after refusing three times to take a chemical test following his stop for rolling through a stop sign, according to a criminal complaint.

An officer observed that and trailed Timberlake, who was pulled over after failing twice to stay on the right side of the road shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday., the complaint says. The cop who stopped him says the so-dubbed “Prince of Pop” appeared to be drunk, with bloodshot, glassy eyes and a strong smell of alcohol on his breath.

“I had one martini and I followed my friends home,” Timberlake allegedly told officers.

Driving a grey BMW with Florida license plates, Timberlake initially failed to stop at the stop sign on Madison Street at Jermain Avenue, before having trouble staying on the right side of the lane several times on Madison, according to the complaint. Police said they saw him swerve twice before they pulled him over.

The complaint says Timberlake was unsteady and had slowed speech; he also allegedly performed poorly on field sobriety tests. They said he couldn’t focus on speaking to police while he was looking for his registration, either.

Officers took him to the Sag Village Police Department for processing, where the complaint says he refused three times over the course of about 40 minutes to take a chemical test of his blood alcohol content.

“No, I’m not doing a chemical test,” Timberlake said according to the complaint. The singer reiterated twice, “I refuse.”

“A refusal can be introduced at trial to establish conscious evidence of guilt,” NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos said. “It is the predicate for a revocation of driving privileges.”

They also have the encounter on body and dash cameras, but the footage has not been released.

He was then taken to East Hampton Town police headquarters and held overnight ahead of his morning arraignment. Timberlake was released on his own recognizance after that hearing.

Timberlake pleaded not guilty in court and was ordered back on July 26, officials said.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office had no further comment. Neither the singer nor his representatives could immediately be reached for comment.

Early Tuesday morning, Timberlake was leaving The American Hotel on Main Street, a popular spot in Sag Harbor. Famed singer Billy Joel lives in the town and was spotted at the hotel and restaurant Tuesday by an NBC News crew.

“I don’t really know him that much, so I have no comment,” Joel said when asked about Timberlake’s encounter with police.

“Judge not, lest ye be judged,” Joel added.

“I know when I go out and party, me and my friends we get an Uber,” said Sag Harbor resident Tony Delpino. “We got a Lyft, because if we drink, we don’t take our cars. If you were gonna have a drink, I’m not getting in your car.”

“If you’re going to drink, don’t drive, especially for celebrities,” Sag Harbor resident Vanessa Leggard said. “They have the money to hire a driver. Why are you driving?”

The arrest comes amid Timberlake’s first world tour in nearly six years. The pop icon is scheduled to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City next week on June 25 and 26.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment representatives deferred questions to Timberlake’s representatives.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the violent child sexual attack that has terrorized a Queens community for days and shocked New Yorkers throughout the city, police said Tuesday.

The man, identified by police as Christian Inga, was taken into custody at 108th and Waldron Street, less than three miles from the popular Kissena Park where officials allege he ambushed two 13-year-olds in a field after school Thursday, forced them into the woods at knifepoint and tied them up before sexually assaulting the girl.

Two senior police officials say he is an Ecuadorian national who arrived in New York City in 2021 after crossing the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. People living with him at a rooming house recognized him from the NYPD wanted posters.

Jeffrey Flores told NBC New York he recognized Inga after police released a sketch and video of him on a bike. Flores decided to take some friends to wait at a bodega on 108th and Waldon streets the suspect frequents for cigarettes and drinks. Another man said they waited for Inga for hours.

He eventually showed up in the middle of the night.

“I told everybody yo this the rapist. I punched him. I kicked him. I ain’t gonna lie,” said Flores.

They started attacking him, sources said, and called 911 to say, “Come get him.”

“He started yelling ‘help, help’ in Spanish. I was like ‘Yeah that’s what the little girl was saying,'” said Flores. “He really try to run, run, run for his life but he couldn’t.”

Flores says he put Inga in a headlock and tied his legs together with a belt. He said the man didn’t deny the sexual assault allegations, a statement corroborated by a bodega worker in the store at the time.

“Yeah he admitted to it. He said, ‘Alright, alright, fine, fine. Just leave me alone, don’t hit me, don’t hit me,'” Flores told News 4.

At one point, Flores says the man tried to hide underneath a car — until officers arrived and took him into custody.

“We don’t have confirmation of that,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. “We are hearing that possibly they may have used a belt to try to hold his feet together to keep him from running away.”

Kenny also said Inga waived his Miranda rights and “indicated he had a drug problem.” He also said he found the knife used in the alleged attack, and “that this was the first time he’s ever done anything like this.”

Hailed a neighborhood hero, Flores says he felt the need to apprehend Inga because he has two sisters and a baby girl on the way.

“Feels good, I did something good for New York City. That’s one less guy off the streets,” said Flores. “We was lucky enough to see him, that’s crazy. It’s not everyday you just catch a rapist.”

Inga, a father of two, is being charged with rape, robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping, endangering child welfare and other counts.

Multiple high-level NYPD officials had pleaded with the public Friday for help identifying the tattooed stranger they say forced the schoolmates into the woods. They had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Police thanked the community for helping identify the suspect.

“This is exactly what we mean when talk about public safety is a shared responsibility,” said NYPD Commissioner Edward Cabán. “The past few days proved to the world again that the people in this city can come together and get the job done like no one else.”

According to investigators, the boy and girl were on a field in Kissena Park around 3 p.m., just after school let out for the day, when a curly-haired man with braces walked up and demanded they follow him into the woods. When they refused, police say he pulled out a “large machete-style knife” and forced them into an isolated area, where he bound each of their wrists with a shoelace. Then he sexually assaulted the 13-year-old girl.

The kids told cops the man warned them to stay where they were for 20 minutes. He then ran off with their phones. Once time was up, they returned to school and told administrators what happened. They called 911 immediately.

Cabán also said the victims gave “crucial” information that was needed to make the arrest.

The children were taken to a hospital in stable condition.

A shoelace, possibly the one used to tie the children’s wrists, was recovered at the scene.

Police said Inga had no prior arrests in New York City but did have one arrest in Texas.